Christin Staff Picks

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Book cover for "The giver"
Star rating for The giver
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Series:
Giver quartet volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
Description:
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives. Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian...
Book cover for "The host"
Star rating for The host
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed. But Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing...
Book cover for "Life as we knew it"
Star rating for Life as we knew it
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Average Rating:
4.1 stars
Description:
Through journal entries, sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.
Book cover for "The maze runner"
Star rating for The maze runner
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Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape.
Book cover for "A wrinkle in time"
Star rating for A wrinkle in time
Series:
Time quintet volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.1 stars
Description:
Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.