The 2013 Teen Nutmeg Nominees have been available at the Booth & Dimock Memorial Library for nearly a month now. A few Coventry teens have been busy reading them already. Here a few of their reviews:
The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen
The Running Dream is about a girl named Jessica who loses part of her right leg in a tragic accident involving a truck and a bus. She struggles but she meets a girl named Rosa who helps her get through it. Read the book to find out the ending. -A.K.
The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman
The main character's name is Elizabeth and she is a student who gets good grades. One day, her social studies teacher recommends her for a job at the New York Circulating Material Repository, which is basically like a big library. Some things start to wrong in the GC (Grimm Collection). Can Elizabeth and her friends and co-workers from the library solve the problem? Read the book to find out. -AK
Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
Tom looks into a zombie's eyes and all he sees is dust. He looks into a zombie's eyes because he heard that if you look into a zombie's eyes, you would see yourself dead. -R.M. (Reviewer has not finished book yet.--The story continues in
Dust and Decay, available at the Library)
Matched by Ally Condie
The main character is a girl named Cassia. Cassia is matched with her best friend Xander but for one moment another face appears on the screen. Its another boy she knows, Ky. The Society claims they made a mistake, but is that true? Find out and read the book. -A.K. (The story continues in
Crossed, available at the Library)
And, from the
2013 Intermediate Nutmeg Nominees:
Tales Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz
Tales Dark and Grimm is about Hansel & Gretel traveling and facing evil people who try to kill them. There is a dragon circling their home kingdom. Will they save their kingdom from a tragic lifetime? Read the book to find out! -A.K.
