Book Recommendations

Margaret and Maizon may not be family but they feel like sisters. they have done everything together since they can remember on their block in Brooklyn. Everything might be changing though. Margaret’s father is int he hospital and for the first time she and Maizon will be split up. Maizon is afraid to go to a school with hardly any black students and Margaret is afraid of feeling all alone. Will they both survive the fall?

Mrs. Branyon

Parker and Matt decide to go camping one more time before the weather gets too cold. Matt discovers a corpse and is convinced that his mother’s boyfriend is somehow involved. While investigating the murder, a cocaine ring in which Parker’s mother and George are involved is discovered and a thug kidnaps everyone. Rescue comes when Parker’s dog corners the thug and Matt’s little sister pushes a doll carriage with a cocaine-packed doll through a Halloween parade into the police station.

Mrs. Branyon

New York City is the backdrop for this mystery novel with a message about the down-and-dirty business of inventing and marketing pop-cultural fads. Hunter Braque, 17, is part of a focus group that views advertisements for shoes. A product gets the nod if it is “skate,” but it is more important to point out what might be “uncool.” When the teen brings Jen to the next meeting, she spots uncool right away. Jen and Hunter quickly find themselves caught up in a strange turn of events when Mandy, Hunter’s boss, disappears. Their search for her begins in an abandoned building in Chinatown and leads to a wild party at the Museum of Natural History where people are viewing advertisements for a new shampoo.

Mrs. Branyon

Delia and her friends have been preparing for the World Double Dutch Championships forever, it seems. Jumping Double Dutch is their favorite thing to do. But Delia is keeping a secret that may prevent them from jumping in the championships. I liked the friendships in this book and how the characters eventually choose to deal with their problems. Plus, the double dutching in it is fun!

Mrs. Spisak

When Sarah Byrnes was three years old she was badly burned in a mysterious accident and her father refused to allow her to get reconstructive surgery.   Eric Calhoun, Moby to his friends, eats constantly and has the size to prove it.  Because they both have the “terminal uglies” as they call it, Sarah and Eric become best friends.  When Eric joins the high school swim team and starts to slim down and Sarah confronts the “mystery” of her accident, their friendship undergoes a test that leaves Sarah hospitalized.  Will they be able to get through the pain and come out on the other side stronger?  Chirs Crutcher weaves a powerful story about the joys and pains of friendship.

Mrs. Branyon

If someone invited you to go to a new and different galaxy, would you go?  Meg Murry and Charles Wallace decide definitely yes they would go to rescue their father and bring him back to the dimension where they live.  Can they do it or will they be defeated by the evil forces which are trying to stop them?

Mrs. Branyon

Charlie Bone can hear the voices of the people in the photographs he sees.  He doesn’t like this talent but his evil aunts think it is wonderful.  They send him to a special school with other students who have equally mysterious powers.  Charlie begins to investigate his school and his classmates and discovers some hidden problems.  Will Charlie be able to leave the school and report his discoveries?  But more importantly:  Will Charlie be allowed to live?

Mrs. Branyon