Hello Raiders! If you want to do some late summer reading or if you’re looking to get a head start,then we have some recommendations you could want.Have a look~
Science/Dystopian Fiction:The Giver
Jonas lives in a world of black and white, where individuality is shunned and those who do express it are punished. But isn’t the price worth it, when their world is free of any crime and negative prospects? Jonas has believed all his life that the elders of society have only ever had their homes best interests at heart, but will he still hold onto that belief when he is chosen to receive special training from The Giver, who holds the memories of of the true pain and joy of life?
Fantasy:The Cruel Prince
When Jude was seven her two sisters were stolen away to live in the despicable and traitorous High Court of the Faerie. It didn’t help that her parents were murdered so she had no one to protect her from life’s cruel ways. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to find her place of belonging among the court, despite her mortality. However that will be a difficult road to follow, as many fae despise humans, no one more so than Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King. In a cruel twist of fate, to gain a place on the court, she must defy him and face the consequences of it. As Jude goes deeper and deeper into the kingdom’s deception and intrigues, she discovers that she too, has her own sense of trickery and the capacity to cause bloodshed. In an act of betrayal that no one saw, Jude must risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters and all of Faerie ,lest the court drown in suspicion and violence.
Historical Fiction:Fever 1793
In the late summer of 1793 the streets of Philadelphia are abuzz with mosquitoes and rumors of a wicked fever. Down near the docks, many have fallen ill from this fever and the fatalities are climbing. Now they include a girl who serves at the cook coffeehouse, Polly. But Mattie Cook doesn’t have time to mourn her playmate from her childhood. Now new customers have overrun her family’s shop, located far away from the mosquito infested river, and Mattie starts dreaming of expanding her family’s small business into a thriving enterprise, forgetting all about her concerns over the fever. This proves to be a mistake because as the fever starts striking closer to home, Mattie must forget about her dream as she has to fight something she never thought she would have to. The yellow fever. And the fight to stay alive.
Romantic Comedy:Crazy Rich Asians
Rachel Chu has a normal life, normal job, and a normal boyfriend. When her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, invites her to go with him to his best friends wedding, of course she agrees. When he says they’re going to be staying with his family, she says “Why not?” and hopes that she can make a good first impression. Rachel envisioned a humble family home, exploring the island, and fun quality time with the man that she might marry one day. That is not what she got. What she got was a palace, private planes, exquisite food, and the arm of a man who just so happens to be Asia’s most eligible bachelor. A women who becomes cornered with all the targets on her back from people with malicious intentions. Rachel with have to navigate in a whole new world full of the elites of Singapore society, starting with Nicholas’ family, starting with Nicholas’ mother, Elanor.
Thriller/Mystery:Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder
On the late night of April 1958, Michelle White, a filming assistant for Mrs. Brickett receives a letter warning her that a heinous act is about to occur. Michelle goes to investigate but she finds the room barren. At the stroke of midnight she is murdered by a foe she cannot see-her death the only sign that she wasn’t alone in the room that night. It becomes disturbingly clear that that the person who was responsible for Michelle’s murder must also work for Mrs. Brickett’s, making everyone a suspect that causes trust to break everywhere. Almost unwillingly, first year Inquirer in training, Marion Lane finds herself being drawn in even deeper in the investigation. When her friend and mentor is framed for the crime, in order to clear his name she most sort through the hidden alliances at Mrs. Brickett’s and the mysterious secrets dating back to WW2. But the real question is will Marion survive what’s hiding beneath the surface at Mrs. Brickett’s? Or will she perish due to the killer-or her own ambitions?
Adventure:Onyx and Ivory
Traitor Kate. That’s what they call Kate Brighton for the crimes of her father after he tried to assassinate the high king years before. Now Kate is forced to live as an outcast, desperately trying to cling to the fringes of society as a Raley, a member of the imperial court service. Only those most skilled in riding and bow hunting ride for the Raley; and only the fastest and strongest survive. After all, when night falls is when the nightdrakes- deadly flightless dragons- come out to hunt their prey. Fortunatley for her, Kate has a secret edge: she’s a wilder, born with magic that allows her to influence the minds of animals. But it’s magic that she needs to keep hidden, because being a wilder is forbidden by the kingdom of Raley. Being a wilder is punishable by exile at best and death at worst. It’s this magic that leads Kate to a caravan massacred by nightdrakes in broad daylight-and the only survivor is her childhood friend, her first love, and the boy who she swore to never forget. The boy who broke her heart, Corwin Tormane, the second son of the high king. Now Kate and Corwan will have to put their past behind them, the threats of the nightdrakes attacking in daylight proving far more sinitouros implication. It’s only the beginning of a darker menace stirring in the kingdom-one whose origins have dire implications for Kate’s father when he tried to attack the high king. One that will thrust them into the middle of a brewing civil war in the kingdom of Rime.
