Trial by Fire: A Raised by Wolves Novel



Title: Trial by Fire: A Raised by Wolves Novel
Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Genre: Wolves, Fantasy,
Pages: 357
Publisher: Egmont
Reviewed by: Amazon.com

Bryn is finally settling into her position as alpha of the Cedar Ridge Pack—or at least, her own version of what it means to be alpha when you’re a human leading a band of werewolves. Then she finds a teenage boy bleeding on her front porch. Before collapsing, he tells her his name is Lucas, he’s a Were, and Bryn’s protection is his only hope.

But Lucas isn’t part of Bryn’s pack, and she has no right to claim another alpha’s Were.  With threats—old and new—looming, and danger closing in from all sides, Bryn will have to accept what her guardian Callum knew all along. To be alpha, she will have to give in to her own animal instincts and become less human. And, she’s going to have to do it alone.

Bryn faces both the costs, and the rewards, of love and loyalty, in this thrilling sequel to Raised by Wolves.

Plague: A Gone Novel


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Title: Plague
Author: Michael Grant
Genre: Good vs. Evil, Fantasy, Supernatural,
Pages: 492
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Reviewed by: Library Media Connection (October 2011)
It's been eight months since the adults and older teens disappeared from Perdido Beach, and things are not going well. Food and clean water are running out, and power struggles between the "normal" kids and those with strange new powers are a common occurrence. There's a nasty, often fatal flu-like bug going around that even the teen healer can't stop. A group sets out to find a new water source; the lake is there, but so is a horde of mutant bugs that can lay its eggs inside a human host, leaving the hatchlings to eat their way out. The story is fast-paced and engaging, but the large cast of characters can be confusing. If you don't have the earlier books in this series, Gone (HarperCollins, 2008), Hunger (HarperCollins, 2009), and Lies (HarperCollins, 2010), get those first; this book will baffle readers unfamiliar with the story thus far. Fans of the earlier books will likely gobble this one up, though. Susan A.M. Poulter, Cataloguing Librarian, Nashville (Tennessee) Public Library. RECOMMENDED

Trackers


Title: Trackers (Book 1)
Author: Patrick Carmen
Genre:  Action, Adventure, Mystery, 
Pages: 224
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc
Reviewed by: Amazon.com 
Bestselling author Patrick Carman pushes the vbook to the next level with this thrilling book/video/web experience.

In the 21st century landscape of bits and bytes, everyone leaves a digital footprint ... even the most advanced cyber criminals. And that’s where the Trackers come in. Four tech-savvy kids armed with high-tech video cameras and esoteric coding skills, the Trackers can find almost anyone, anywhere. Told through a collage of videos, text, and websites, Trackers #1 follows Adam, Finn, Lewis, and Emily as they become entangled in a high-tech, high-stakes game of cat and mouse with Shantorian, the world’s most dangerous hacker. At least, that’s who they think they’re tracking....