A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island…
Books We Adore: What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
Since her parents’ bitter divorce, Mclean and her dad, a restaurant consultant, have been on the move-four towns in two years. Estranged from her mother and her mother’s new family, Mclean has followed her dad in leaving the unhappy past behind. And each new place gives her a chance to try out a new persona:…
Books We Adore: ‘Flat-Out Love’ by Jessica Park
“Something is seriously off in the Watkins home. And Julie Seagle, college freshman, small-town Ohio transplant, and the newest resident of this Boston house, is determined to get to the bottom of it. When Julie’s off-campus housing falls through, her mother’s old college roommate, Erin Watkins, invites her to move in. The parents, Erin…
Books We Adore: ‘Thirteen Reasons Why’ by Jay Asher
“Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker–his classmate and crush–who committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay…
Books We Adore: “The Sky Is Everywhere”
“The Sky Is Everywhere” by Jandy Nelson This book is just so sweet and heartbreaking and filled with truths about family, sisterhood, and first love. It was one of those impulse purchases courtesy of Amazon’s Kindle recommendations. I read it on a red-eye plane-ride to London and couldn’t stop reading, even after my husband start…