What Have You Read Lately?

By Mandy Yates

​Last time I shared numerous books that I was excited about reading this summer. I have finished three of them so far and wanted to share them with you. 

Forget Me Not by Ellie Terry
What a great book. It's a novel in verse so it was a quick read but parts made me tear up a bit. Calli June's mom relationship troubles leaves Calli and her mom moving from place to place. It's hard enough constantly being the new kid, but when you add the fact that Calli has Tourette's syndrome on top of it, it's unbearable. This was a great read and provided a lot of insight into living a life with Tourette's. 

Scar Island by Dan Gemeinhart
This may be a new favorite author of mine. This was a suspenseful action packed book that boys will especially like however girls will too. Jonathan is sent to a school for troubled boys. However this school is on an island and isn't a school at all. The kids there are treated like prisoners by terrible people.But one day by a freak accident all of the adults die and the boys are left on their he island alone. What seems fun at first turns out to be worse than before.

​Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder
This book was a great read about 9 orphans living on an island. Every year a boat arrives bringing a new  orphan. At that time the eldest orphan must leave the island and travel on the boat to who knows where. Only 9 can stay on the island or something terrible will happen. But what if the eldest doesn't want to leave?  It's not a mystery but the book has such mysterious qualities to it that it keeps you wanting to find out the answers to so many questions.   Laurel was able to create a very unique and magical yet believable world that you are sure to fall in love with. 



What have you read lately? Anything new that I should add to my summer reading list?