Historical+Fiction

**//On Viney’s Mountain//** by Joan Donaldson (located @ DON in the East High Library FIction Collection) Viney has lived her life on the mountain and when strangers come and level her beloved home, she is furious. A lot of people are in favor of the “new” town the foreigners are building up, but Viney wants everything to stay the way it was. Then Viney meets Charlie; she gets more than she reckoned for and must decide how much she is willing to give up for her beloved mountain. Viney on the Mountain gives the reader a warm feeling inside.


 * //On Viney’s Mountain//** is a very good story about determination, change, and love. MF (4-18-10)

**// Bound //** is similar to **//Cinderella//** and if you have read the book **//Cinderella//**, then you’ll know what Xing Xing’s life is going to be like. She lives with her stepmother, who loves her, but not as much as her own daughter, Wei Pang. Wei Pang and Xing Xing get along pretty well. Xing Xing’s stepmother is looking for a husband for her daughter, but not for Xing Xing. Will Xing Xing be able to find her own future husband? Will there be a prince to come along with a golden shoe, looking for his bride? HL (4-6-10)
 * // Bound //** by Donna Jo Napoli (located @ NAP in the East High Library Fiction Collection)


 * //The Pale Assassin//** by Patricia Elliott (located @ ELL in the East High Library Fiction Collection) What would you do if you had to run away from a man you were forced to marry? Eugenie de Boncoeur has been promised in marriage to a man with a murderous grudge against her family and she is forced to live in fear of being murdered. **//The Pale Assassin//** takes you back in time to revolutionary war Paris. I’m pretty sure you’ll enjoy reading it! PN (2-21-10)

//**Cold Skin**// by Steven Herrick (located @ HER in the East Library Fiction Collection) In **//Cold Skin//** by Steven Herrick, a family adjusts their lives to their father’s coming home from the war. The two brothers have very different lives and aren’t the same as the other kids in their age group. One is struggling to find love while the other learns a dark secret about his teacher.

Although a “good” book, I wouldn’t recommend //**Cold Skin**// to a friend because of all the “adult” situations. JU (9-1-4-09)

//**Spirit**// by J. P. Hightman (located @ HIG in the East High Fiction Collection) For Tess and Tobias Goodraven, a winter carnival at Blackthorn sounds exciting. There are going to be sleigh rides, ice skating, and stories of the Salem witch burnings. But on the way to the carnival, horrifying and unexplainable events occur. Is there a restless witch spirit about? As they fight through each horrifying event, Tess and Tobias begin to fear they will not return from the carnival alive.

Although //**Spirit**// is very interesting and suspenseful, I thought it could be somewhat better. The plot set in 1892 was cool. I’d give it three stars. ET (4-30-09)

The Luxe series continue with “Envy.” Elizabeth Holland has returned to Manhattan and rumors surround her return. Henry and Penelope are now married and though their relationship appears a dream come true to the outside world, the reality is much harsher. In Manhattan’s high society, rumors mean everything and gossip spreads like wildfire. Can the Hollands navigate through the rough waters of society?
 * //Envy (a Luxe Novel)// ** by Anna Godbersen (located @ GOD in the East High Library Fiction Collection)

I would recommend this very good book to a friend. MF (3-1-09)

The book //**The Secret Life of Bees**// tells a story about a little girl named Lily Owens who is in her mid-teens. Lily is a runaway child, trying to find answers about her deceased mother by going to a lady names August. Lily lives at her house along with August’s two sisters, June and May.
 * // Secret Life of Bees //** by Sue Monk Kidd (located @ KID in the East High Library Fiction Collection)

To me, this book is about finding out who you really are and loving life as long as you have it. I can relate to this book greatly because my mother also died when I was a young girl. Just as Lily is depressed and trying to love life, so am I. She is trying to be at peace with herself; luckily she finds it. I feel this book is writing about my life, about any lost person just waiting for the end or waiting to be happy. I completely recommend this book to anyone as surely it rates five stars. HD (12-10-08)