7-9+Fiction

Smith, Roland **Stormrunners, The Surge and Eruption.** Chase is a 13 year old who travels the states with his father and their friend/coworker Tomas. They have become experts at surviving natural disasters and book one introduces us to their latest Hurricane. Non-stop action in three slim volumes that would keep anyone reading! I could not put this down and neither has any other student that I have given it to. (Craker)

Johnson, Maureen. **13 little Blue Envelopes.** Ginny is not really a risk taker except when she is with her crazy artist aunt. But Aunt Peg disappeared a little over a year ago and Ginny stopped taking chances till she receives a large manilla envelope with 13 smaller blue envelopes inside. Each is numbered and has her aunt's characteristic art work on it...what can it mean? Sequel-**Last little Blue Envelope.** (Craker)

//**Shelter **// by Harlan Coben. Mickey Bolitar’s father is killed in an accident and his mother has entered a rehab program. He’s gone to live with his uncle and attend a new school. Strange things start to happen: the coolest girl in the class goes missing, a strange “Bat Lady” tells him his father is still alive. He and his new friends find themselves with many mysteries to solve. (Townsley)

//**Bruiser **// by Neal Shusterman. Pain…we all feel it. We hate to see our friends and family in pain. If we could rid ourselves of all our pain…would we? Would it be a good thing? Thought provoking book. Great read, wonderful characters. (Townsley)

**//Sidekicks//** by Dan Santat. What do your pets do when you’re not around? What are Captain Amazing’s pets doing while he is out fighting crime and saving the world? (Gilbert)

**//Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity//** by Dave Roman. Join Hakata Soy at the Astronaut Academy, where skills like fire throwing and anti-gravity gymnastics are some of the favorite classes. (Gilbert)

**//Avengers Vol 1//** by Brian Michael Bendis. The Avengers have reassembled at the request of Captain Steve Rogers. Kang the Conqueror sends The Avengers on a chase through time to save the universe. (Gilbert)