Peak

Peak is the story of a 14 year old boy who loves climbing but because he lives in New York City, most of his climbs are illegal climbs on skyscrapers. After one of his infamous escapades, he is caught and sent to jail. His absentee father, who just happens to be a famous climber, who has scaled Mount Everest on more than one occasion, comes to the rescue.

Peak's father wisks him off to Mount Everest, where he attempts a climb that would make him the youngest person ever to stand above 29,000 feet. We follow Peak as begins his journey to the top of the world and the discovery of who is father really is.

I found this story to be a little slow in the beginning, but once I got going, it caught my attention right through to the end.  Sometimes, it is hard to find a story that will capture the interest of a teenage boy, I think this is a book that most teenage boys would love.

Twelve Kinds Of Ice

Twelve Kinds Of Ice by Ellen Bryan Obed

This is a nostalgic little story about the 12 kinds of ice that happen over the course of a winter. It starts with the thin cover of ice that forms at the top of a bucket of water with the anticipation of  ice strong enough to skate on. The excitement builds as the ice gets stronger and the family continues the tradition of creating an ice rink in the back yard that the whole neighborhood can enjoy! This is a fun, short read that brings back childhood memories and the adventures of growing up, even if you didn't live where it was cold enough to have an ice rink in your back yard.

New Book Club Books!!

In the next few of days, we will be adding a couple of new titles to our Book Club section!

One title you may be familiar with...."The Girl With No Name" by Marina Chapman.  I read this book in April and wrote a review on it. If you did see the post, you won't be surprised that we added five copies to our Book Club section.

The other is a short nostoligic book called "Twelve Kinds Of Ice" by Ellen Bryan Obed. It is about growing up in New Enlgand in the cold winters where everyone looked forward to skating in the back yard. It may not be your typical book club book, but it is a fun read and would be good for that time when everyone in your book club is super busy and you need something short and quick to read.

We have five copies of each of these books and if you want to put them on hold for your book club, just log onto your library account and put them on hold and you can be one of the first to get them.