Saturday, June 14, 2014

Patron Book Recommendations

Looking for a great summer read?  One of our young patrons, River, has a couple of recommendations for you: Elise Broach's Masterpiece (with wonderful illustrations by Kelly Murphy), or any action-packed titles by Rick Riordan.  See book summaries, abbreviated from Goodreads, below.


Masterpiece by Elise Broach and Kelly Murphy- Marvin lives with his family under the kitchen sink in the Pompadays’ apartment. He is very much a beetle. James Pompaday lives with his family in New York City. He is very much an eleven-year-old boy.After James gets a pen-and-ink set for his birthday, Marvin surprises him by creating an elaborate miniature drawing. James gets all the credit for the picture and before these unlikely friends know it they are caught up in a staged art heist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art that could help recover a famous drawing by Albrecht Dürer. But James can’t go through with the plan without Marvin’s help. And that’s where things get really complicated (and interesting!). This fast-paced mystery will have young readers on the edge of their seats as they root for boy and beetle.

The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) by Rick Riordan- Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school... again. And that's the least of his troubles. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. And worse, he's angered a few of them. Zeus' master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect.

The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1) by Rick Riordan- Jason has a problem. He doesn’t remember anything before waking up in a bus full of kids on a field trip. Apparently he has a girlfriend named Piper and a best friend named Leo. They’re all students at a boarding school for “bad kids.” What did Jason do to end up here? And where is here, exactly?
 
Keep reading!

Shaen

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