1. Short month, short books!
7th grade February booktalks 2019

2. Trapped by Michael Northrup
What would you do if you were snowed in at school for days with just a handful of classmates?
Takes place in a small, rural town in CT (not completely unlike EW)
Main characters are high school students who decide to stay after to work in the shop on a snowy, early release day (picture the cast from The Breakfast Club)
Unfortunately, it is not a normal storm…the snow never stops…
No cell reception, no heat, no power, and frozen pipes (no flushing!) are the least of their worries…
Would you survive being ‘Trapped’???

3. Down a dark hall by Lois Duncan
Similar to Shadow House, this novel is about 4 girls who are invited to attend Blackwood School for Girls, and to their surprise when they arrive, they are the only students.
There are three teachers (including the headmistress and her son) who are there to instruct the girls
Strange things start to happen early on and the girls discover they have something in common---they all have ESP, or extrasensory perception (a 6th sense, and yes, they see dead people!!!)
Kit is able to play breathtaking music but only while she is asleep while another character is suddenly a talented painter
As Kit searches for answers, she is able to uncover many secrets about the real reason the girls are at Blackwood….learning CAN be deadly!

4. 101 Books to Read before you grow up Bianca schulze
Table of contents breaks down by age (though they are all timeless) and there is also a titles by genre list in the back
Also includes: publisher, publication date, what to read next suggestions, page counts, and ‘did you know’s’
Other places to find book suggestions?
People (friends, teachers, Mrs. Fisher!)
Websites, like goodreads (see my reviews on the LMC web page,
Award winning lists (CT has their Nutmeg awards), Newbery, Printz, etc

5. Game Changer tommy greenwald ***Brand New!!!***
Main character is 13-year-old Teddy
It’s the summer before high school and Teddy is an upcoming high school football star
Tragically, he is injured at football camp and the story begins with him in a coma
Told in an innovative multimedia format combining dialogue, texts, newspaper articles, interview transcripts, an online forum (Facebook-like page), and Teddy’s inner thoughts (free verse)
Great, quick, read about the various ways people react in the face of a tragedy, and the real discussions being had around the dangers of youth sports

6. The Secret Language of birthdays Alicia thompson
book deals with ‘personology’, which explores the idea that personalities are cyclical, and that those born on the same day of the year will have things in common.
Key includes:
Hobbies
Style inspirations
Best pets
Best accessories
Power colors
Famous star matches
And much more!