The Memory Keeper’s Daughter features a life-altering secret that spans two decades and changes the lives of all the characters. Norah and David Henry are happily married with a baby on the way. However, on the stormy night that Norah gives birth to unexpected twins, David realizes that their daughter has Down Syndrome.
Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People is the eighth book in Dav Pilkey’s hilarious and imaginative series. In this installment, George and Harold accidentally travel to an alternate universe where everything is backward. Instead of their usual friend Captain Underpants, they encounter the evil Captain Blunderpants! George and Harold must figure out how to escape this strange world and stop their villainous doppelgängers before it’s too late.
Othello, also known as “The Moor” is a great general married to Desdemona, the prettiest girl in Venice. When a potential war threatens Cyprus, Othello is shipped off to battle with Desdemona following him. Othello’s third in command, Lago, despises him for his position and power and does everything he can to manipulate and ruin Othello’s life.
The story follows two young strangers, Fallon and Ben. Fallon is a girl who is physically and emotionally scarred by a fire, while Ben is an aspiring writer. The two meet on November 9th, a date that is significant to both of them. They agree to meet every year on the same day without any contact in between, which makes the suspension for both of them intense. Over the years they reunite with dramatic change and their relationships grow complex. As secrets from Ben's past come to attention, their relationship is being tested forcing them to both be in uncomfortable situations.
Beyonders: A World Without Heroes, a fantasy novel, written by Brandon Mull, tells a story of an exciting journey to find “The Word”. Jason was teleported into an entire new world. He also meets another girl from planet Earth. They both desired to go home and see their family, however Jason and her were forced to go on a mission to seek different syllabuses scattered around Lyrian to create a word that would destroy the emperor.
The Earth is a very different place in the future, and online characters matter just as much, if not more than real life. The world of the Oasis, a videogame, is home for many people as a distraction from the problems and horrors of the real world. The game has the power to fix the world and more than enough money to improve the state of the earth. The only problem is that when the creator of the game died, he left an easter egg in his game that whoever finds first gets to own the game.
Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts for his fourth year after saving his godfather, Sirius Black, from the dementors. However, this year is unlike any other at Hogwarts, as they have decided to bring back an old tradition, the Tri-Wizard Tournament! As this is a very dangerous competition between the three major schools in Europe, the headmaster of Hogwarts, Dumbledore, decides that only students over the age of seventeen may enter the tournament. When someone enters in Harry’s name, and he’s chosen, he must fight for his life against dragons, and merpeople, and solve clues to advance.
A few months after he triumphs over the dark lord, Voldemort, Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts again for another year of practicing magic. This year, Harry discovers that his ability to talk to snakes isn’t the gift he thought it was, causing many students to turn on him. Soon after, a mysterious message written in blood appears, “The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. Enemies of the Heir Beware”. Following this event, an unknown individual is going around petrifying students of Hogwarts, including Harry’s friend Hermione.
Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets is the second hilarious installment in Dav Pilkey’s beloved series. George and Harold are back with their usual mischief, but this time, things go terribly wrong when they accidentally create an army of evil talking toilets! With the school in chaos, Captain Underpants must step in once again to save the day in his hilarious and unconventional style.
Big Nate: Aloha! takes Nate Wright on a hilarious new adventure as he heads to Hawaii for what he hopes will be the perfect vacation. True to form, Nate’s trip is anything but smooth sailing, and the usual chaos, mishaps, and Nate-style disasters follow him, even in paradise. This tropical twist brings fresh scenarios for Nate’s comedic personality to shine. I’d give this book a 5 out of 5 because it keeps the humor alive while adding a fun, new setting to the series.
