New books for Indie Reading

All classes-Welcome to Indie Reading. Hope the following"reviews" help you choose a book. If you select one of these new books, let me know how you like it.

Another Faust. Daniel & Dina Nayeri. "On a single night, five children suddenly vanish from their homes in Paris, Glasgow, Rome, and London. Years later, five enigmatic teenagers make an impressive entrance at an axclusiveNew York holiday party with their strange but beautiful governess, Madam Vileroy. Rumor and intrigue followthe Faust childrdnto the elite Manhattan Marlow School, where their very presence brings unexplainable misfortune."

Will Grayson, Will Grayson. John Green & David Levithan. "Onbe cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, two strangers cross paths. Two teens with the same name, running in two very different cirlcles, suddenly find their lives going in new and unexpected directions, culminating in heroic turns-of-heart and the most epic musical ever to grace the high school stage. . . "funny, rude, and original . . "

Let It Snow. John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle. "An ill-timed storm on Christmas Eve buries the residents of gracetown under multiple feet of snow and causes quite a bit of chaos. One brave soul ventures out into the storm from her stranded train and sets off a chain of events that will change quite a few lives. Over the next three days one girl takes a risky shortcut with an adoable stranger, three friends set out to win a race to the Waffle House, and the fate of a teacup pg falls into the hands of a lovesick barista."

It's Kind of a Funny Story. Ned Vizzini. "Ned Vazzini, who himself spent time in a psychiatric hospital, has created a remarkedly moving tale about the sometimes unexpected road to happines featuring Craig Gilner, an ambitious New York City teenager dtermined to succeed at life. This means getting into the high school to get into the right college to get the right job. But once Craig aces the his way into Manhattan's Executive Pre-ProfessionalHigh School, the pressure becomes unbearable. He stops eating and sleeping until, one night, he nearly kills himself."

HowTo Be Bad (A Novel). Lauren Myracle, Sarah Mlynowski, and E. Lockhart. "Vicks is the wild child whose boyfriend has gone suspiciously quiet since he left for college; Mel is the newcomer desparate to be liked; Jsse will do anything to be liked. Each one has her own reason for wanbting to get out of their nowheresville town, even just even for the weekend. So they climb into mom's 'borrowed' station wagon and head south. A ridiculously hot stranger could change the course of everything."

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. Rachel Cohn & David Levithan. "Nick's just seen the girl who dumped him walk in with a new guy. What else can he do but ask the straznge girl next to him to be his girlfriend for thenext five minutes? What else can Norah do but answer Nick's question by making out with him.

Hope you enjoy Indie Reading.