Paperboy

I have just finished another great read! Paperboy, written by Vince Vawter.  The book received a Newbery Honor and so well deserved for the first time novelist.

Paperboy is a sweet story of a boy who helps by taking his vacationing friends paper route. In just one short month, this young boy with a stutter, learns many life lessons and meets some people who will touch his life.

I hope you read this book and enjoy it as much as I did. A quick and enjoyable read.

For grades 4 and up

The One Safe Place

If you have read The Giver, and now need a new, similar read, try The One Safe Place. Written by Tania Unsworth, this novel takes place in a near-future dystopia where children are taken off of the streets and taken to the Home, where they think they will begin a better life. In this fast-paced story, the children find out quickly that the Home is not what they hoped it would be. The question now becomes, can they escape? Devin tries to convince Kit, who dreams of being adopted, that escape is their only option for survival. Will his plan succeed or will he and the other kids be used by the Administrator until they are no longer needed?

Good for grades 4-8