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Blood on the Beach by Sarah N. Harvey

Posted on June 17, 2020 by elizabeth.johnson · Leave a comment

I read this book on TumbleBook Cloud High. It is the story of eight trouble teens, who are dropped off on a remote island for a week long treatment program.  The eight teens and three camp counselors are the only ones on the island. One teen ends up missing, someone else ends up dead.  The […]

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The Cabin by Natasha Preston

Posted on May 8, 2019 by elizabeth.johnson · Leave a comment

The premise of this book sound so good but for me this book fell a little short.  The Cabin is about a group of friends who head to a cabin for a weekend of fun.  The weekend ends when two of the friends end up brutally murdered and the question is which one of the […]

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The Girl I Used To Be by April Henry

Posted on January 4, 2019 by elizabeth.johnson · Leave a comment

This book started out great. It was very suspenseful in the beginning and I was instantly hooked. The book starts out with Ariel Benson/Olivia Reinhart running through the forest with handcuffs on then it back tracks three weeks to police arriving at her apartment to tell her that they found her dad dead. All along […]

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On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

Posted on June 17, 2020 by elizabeth.johnson · Leave a comment

This book is a journey and a hard journey, stick with it and keep reading as it is worth it.  The first 100 plus pages are confusing and hard to get through, but as I said before keep reading.  The confusing part is the story is told between two perspectives set in the present and […]

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Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

Posted on April 23, 2020 by elizabeth.johnson · Leave a comment

Claudia and Monday are best friends.  Claudia has been away for the summer and expected Monday and her to stay in touch through letters.  Monday though has not responded to any of Claudia’s letters all summer.  Claudia returns back home to Washington, DC and immediately tries to get a hold of Monday but her phone […]

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One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus

Posted on April 29, 2019 by elizabeth.johnson · Leave a comment

WOW!  What a great book!  This book had me hooked from the start! 5 kids walk into detention and one of them ends up dead.  The question is who did it?  Bronwyn is the smart girl. Cooper is the jock.  Nate is the bad guy.  Addy is the popular girl.  And Simon is the outcast […]

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Riley Park by Diane Tullson

Posted on March 31, 2020 by elizabeth.johnson · Leave a comment

I read Riley Park on TumbleBook Cloud which can be accessed through LCPSGO Library Resources. Best friends Darius and Corbin are at Safeway picking up a few items for a party that evening at Riley Park, when Darius spots Rubee. They realize that Rubee has probably broken up with her boyfriend so Darius invites her to the […]

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Sadie by Courtney Summers

Posted on April 3, 2020 by elizabeth.johnson · Leave a comment

This book was so hard to put down. What an intense, raw, and emotional read about loss, revenge, and a sister’s love.!!! Sadie and her sister Maddie have had a hard life.  Their mom is out of the picture and they live in a trailer home in Cold Creek which is a small town with […]

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Two Can Keep A Secret by Karen M. McManus

Posted on April 15, 2020 by elizabeth.johnson · Leave a comment

Ellery and Ezra are sent to their mother’s home town, Echo Ridge, to live with their nana while their mother is in rehab.  They arrive in town during a hail storm and find a body in the middle of the road.  It is the body of a local science teacher that is dead due to […]

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The Very Bad Dream by Anne Schraff

Posted on April 2, 2020 by elizabeth.johnson · Leave a comment

I read The Very Bad Dream through TumbleBook Cloud which can be accessed in LCPSGO Library Resources. The Very Bad Dream by Anne Schraff is a very fast and suspenseful read. Valerie Monroe, the main character, had a very bad dream about her boyfriend Clay. In the dream, Clay was carry a burlap sack  with a body […]

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