Summer Reads

Hey everyone, this is Zig and Zag. The wonderful time of summer is rolling around the corner which means you have plenty of time to read! We went through our mental list of the books we've read and put together a list of books perfect for reading laying on the beach or for a long car ride to a vacation spot.

Keep on Reading, 
Zig and Zag

• Amy and Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson

• Afrika by Colleen Craig

• Alex Rider Series by Anthony Horowitz

• The White Giraffe by Lauren St. John

• Dairy Queen by Catherine Murdock

 

Forgiven by Janet Fox

In this companion novel to Faithful also set in 1906 (location of this review: http://zigtozags.blogspot.com/2012/03/faithful-by-janet-fox.html ), Kula is sent to Montana by her father so she can start her life until he can come after he takes care of some "unfinished business" and join her. Reluctantly, Kula sets out on her own trying to make a name of herself despite being the daughter of an outlaw. Her focus is to marry into a social standing but things change when her father is arrested for a murder he didn't commit for which he will hang for. He tells her to so to San Fransisco and find Ty Wong to get a box before he is taken away. She sets off alone yet again to try to find the box she thinks will save her father's life. There she has to get through this large city with all its barbarians, criminals and keep her focus even when the kind and helpful come around. David, one of these few kind ones and a young Chinese, befriends her and she's finds herself experiencing something Kula Baker had never felt...love.

-Pages: 288
-Age: 13 and up (no inappropriate content but some slavery and abuse that took place in history)
-Reader Type: realistic, romantic, historic
-Our Rating: We loved this book just as much as its companion! Though it was a bit slow for our taste, the end was definitely a page turner with an ending you will never forget and will be on your mind for the next week.

Bruiser by Neal Shusterman

Brewster is one who keeps to the shadows and always keeps people away from him in any way possible. He's a mystery, known to his classmates as Bruiser. Then, someone is finally able to get through his guard. That someone is Bronte. She is drawn to his mystery and his seeming need for someone to just care for him. When they start to date, strange things start to happen. Cuts heal too fast, wounds that you remember being there, they're gone. Bronte and her twin brother Tennyson, Brewster's only two friends, set out trying to figure out the great mystery that surrounds Brew. What they find, will change their lives forever.

-Pages: 328
-Age: 13 and up (no inappropriate content, some child abuse, older characters)
-Reader Type: realistic, romance
-Our Rating: This book is amazing! Brewster is an amazing character and his love for people goes beyond any thing we can do to show our love for someone. Brew is truly an inspiring character that you cheer for the whole way! You can't put this down, even once you're done you have to go back and read the amazing ending for it over and over again!