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DecMy Holiday Reading List
1.) Angel’s Fury by Byron Pearce -“Cassie Farrier has always suffered from terrifying nightmares. On a trip to Germany, she recognizes scenes from her dreams and finds evidence of a sity-year-old massacre. Fearing for her sanity, her family sends Cassie to a retreat where she meets others with symptoms like her own and finds out that she has lived a number of past lives…”
2.) The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern - “Welcome to Le Cirque des Reves. Within these nocturnal black-and-white-striped tents awaits an utterly unique experience a feast for the senses. Beyond the smoke and mirrors, however, a fierce competition is under way - a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to the players, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circys is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination…”
3.) The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore - The sequel to the #1 New York Times Bestseller, I am Number Four. - “Terrifically Propulsive.”
4.) Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer by John Grisham - “A perfect murder, a faceless witness, a lone courtroom champion knows the whole truth and he is only thirteen years old. Meet Theodore Boone.
5.) The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht - In a Balkan country mending from war, Natalia, a young doctor is compelled to unravel the mysterious circumstances surrounding her beloved grandfather’s recent death. Searching for clues, she turns to his worn copy of The Jungle Book and the incredible stories he told her of his encounters over the years with “the deathless man”, a vagabond who claimed to be immortal. But the most extraordinary story of all is the one her grandfather3 never told her, the one Natalie must discover for herself - the legend of the tiger’s wife.”
