It's book trailer time

For the past (three?) years now Mrs. Balfour's classes have created book trailers (that are SO fun to watch) (I hope there's another awards show this year!).  At any rate, I visited with her classes and shared some great books with them.  If you want to know what those were, or need a reminder, here's a run down.

Oh that Libba Bray.
Going Bovine



One of Chris Crutcher's newer books, Deadline






An oldie but goodie! If you haven't read Speak, may I humbly suggest you must.



I love little Tyrell (well, to me he's little...)



A great use of music in this one. How can you resist reading it?

-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;">After talking to the classes, it seems as if people have heard Stockholm Syndrome, but don't actually know what it is.  Patty Hearst, anyone?  It is pretty incomprehensible.  Held, by Ravel explores the subject as seventeen-year-old Chloe is kidnapped while visiting Greece and slowly falls in love (ahem) with her captor.


Alex falls hard for Cole, only to realize that she should have heeded her instincts. She finds his jealousy flattering, up to a point. Love is a two-way street, right? She compromises, too much. Cole asks Alex to give up a lot for him, but she refuses to give up her dignity.

More first love, unrequited love (or is it?). Margo Roth Spiegleman taps on Quentin's window late one night for a madcap adventure. He anxiously goes to school the next day to see his love - but she's gone. Never to be seen again. Where did she go? Can he find her?



We have all these books and more! Visit the library and we'll find a great book for you. Promise.