Hudson Avery gave up a promising competitive ice skating career after her parents divorced when she was fourteen years old and now spends her time baking cupcakes and helping out in her mother’s upstate New York diner, but when she gets a chance at a scholarship and starts coaching the boys’ hockey team, she realizes that she is not through with ice skating after all.
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Good Reads
Bittersweet by Sarah Ockler
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Recommended by Colleen in Outreach Services…
Colleen’s synopsis:
Sixteen year old Jason heads off to Wales to find out the truth about the home that his grandfather grew up in. His grandfather had filled Jason’s head with all sorts of weird monsters and peculiar children. Now he is left to sort out what is real and what is fantasy.
She says:
If you have ever wondered where the side-show people come from read this highly entertaining and fanciful story. The beginning of the book has you believing that the monsters Jason’s grandfather tells him about are the Nazis in the 1940′s, but as Jason discovers truth is stranger then fiction. I enjoyed all the twists and turns of this story and Jason’s quirky narrative.
Turn Right at Machu Picchu by Mark Adams
Recommended by Jeff in Technical Services…
Jeff’s synopsis:
Although he edits travel and adventure magazine for a living and is married to a Peruvian, Mark Adams was more comfortable with hotels and beds rather than tents and sleeping bags and hardly ever traveled outside of Lima while in Peru. But that didn’t stop him from hooking up with one of the best travel guides in South America, a Peruvian mule driver, a cook, a half-dozen mules and a couple of guys to drive them to follow the footsteps of the man who was once known as the discoverer of Machu Picchu, Hiram Bingham.
He says:
Besides being a history of Machu Picchu in Inca times and in Hiram Bingham’s time of discovery, this also gives a fascinating view of Peruvian life and culture which includes the concept of Peruvian time which usually means a few hours or days later than expected and exaggerated stories of siphoned fat from murder victims sold to cosmetic companies. These hilarious stories offset the serious history lessons and the grueling trek across the various climate and terrain of Peru to possibly rediscover the lost city of the Incas.
The Flying Beaver Brothers and The Evil Penguin Plan by Maxwell Eaton III
Meet Ace and Bub, the flying beaver brothers! Ace loves extreme sports and is always looking for a new adventure. Bub loves napping and, well, napping. But when penguins threaten to freeze Beaver Island for “resort and polar-style living,” the brothers put their talents to work saving their tropical island paradise. Can they save Beaver Island from environmental destruction? And can they do it in time to still win the annual Beaver Island Surfing Competition?
The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin
Recommended by Soon Har in Adult Services…
Soon Har’s synopsis:
A witty mix of romance, history and social commentary set in America and England, this is a delicious read with a feisty heroine, a “girl that every woman in Newport envied and every man desired.” Based on the lives of rich Americans seeking titled Europeans at the turn of the century, the book is filled with outrageous details of what excessive wealth can buy, sharp observations of late-20th century social customs, and a good-old-fashioned love story.
She says:
This author’s light-hearted tone makes this a fun read while the historical details keep it from being frothy. The glimpse into the lives of the rich and famous then reminds us that socially, we haven’t come very far!