Bunheads
by Sophie Flack
I love reading books set in ballet schools and dance companies, and this is a great one! Bunheads follows Hannah Ward, a young member of the corps de ballet with the Manhattan Ballet. Her trials and tribulations are extra realistic and fascinating because the author worked as professional ballet dancer for nine years. We see Hannah rehearsing, trying to balance normal romances with the incredible demands of company life, struggling with weight issues, and suffering through injuries. It’s fun to see what goes on behind the scenes at a ballet company, and Hannah is an excellent guide.
- Sarah
This list is in no particular order, but these are my favorites thus far:
1. Marvel 1602 by Neil Gaimon and Andy Kubert – Your favorite Marvel heroes and villains throwback 1602!
2. Axe Cop. 1 by Malachai and Ethan Nicolle – The gist: little brother (5 years old) + whacked out stories + older brother with drawing skills= the funniest comic I have ever read.
3. Deogratias, a tale of Rwanda by Jean-Phillipe Stassen – 2000 prize winner of the Goscinny Prize – A beautiful work, but one that is difficult to digest in its gut wrenching tale of the genocide in Rwanda.
4. Green Arrow : year one by Andy Diggle and Jock – The Green Arrow was never my favorite superhero, but after reading this I was a huge fan. This graphic novel could be easily made into a movie.
5. Beowulf by Gareth Hinds – This epic tale beautifully rendered in all of its ancient brutality.
-James
So, you’ve finished The Hunger Games trilogy, and now you’re looking for something new to read? Here are some suggestions you might enjoy:
Matched by Ally Condie
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick
how i live now by Meg Rosoff
Divergent by Veronica Roth
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Variant by Robison Wells
Blood Red Road by Moira Young
Themocracy