Angels and Demons By Dan Brown

Read a book made into a movie or TV show

This is a prequel to the DaVinci Code (which I also read), and equally exciting. Personally, I prefer this book to the other two (Inferno is the third book), because of its more active pace. 

In this book the protagonist, Robert Langdon, is called to the Vatican the night that a new Pope is to be elected. Someone identifying with the secret society known as the Illuminati had kidnapped the four favorite cardinals and was holding them hostage to kill one each hour. Langdon is joined by Vittoria Vetra, a scientist looking for a deadly particle called anti-matter that was contained in her lab at CERN until someone stole it, killing her father in the process. The result is a hunt across Rome and the Vatican to find the four cardinals and the anti-matter before the anti-matter blows up Rome and everyone in it, as well as trying not to get killed themselves

-Emilia

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I love the beach.

-James

Claudette Colvin: Twice Towards Justice By: Phillip Hoose

If you could ask the author/illustrator of this book one question, what would it be, and why?

I would ask Phillip Hoose, author of Claudette Colvin: Twice Towards Justice if he would do the same thing Claudette did if he was black and was the same age as Claudette. On March 2nd, 1955 Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat to a white woman, the law at that time, which led to her being dragged out of the bus by police and arrested. Claudette was taken to court where she was found guilty on all of her three charges. After an appeal, the judge dropped two of three charges but kept the charge of Claudette physically assaulting a police officer, something that she denied. Nine months later, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus which sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott. After many weeks of boycotting buses, Claudette and four other plaintiffs testified that the system of busing was unconstitutional in the case Browder vs. Gayle. I wonder if Phillip Hoose, in Claudette's identity and time period, would refuse to give up his seat to a white woman. It is interesting to hear people's perspectives if they were put in other people's shoes. I enjoyed reading this book and hope that our society can continue to fight for racial justice.

-James

Tuck everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

Of you like stories about elixirs and adventure with a bit of kidnapping than this is the book for you. It all starts with Winnie a girl who is frustrated with her family and decides to run away. She goes into the woods and follows a road all the way to a big tree where a fountain is there and next to it a boy a little older that her. He just finished drinking from the fountain when he noticed Winnie watching him. They talk a little and Winnie learns that his name is Jesse Tuck. When Winnie decided that she was thirsty and she went to go drink from the fountain Jesse stopped her with some excuses and then she is kid tapped by the rest of the tuck family and they tell her that the water from the spring makes you immortal


--7th

Raymie nightingale by kate dicamillo

I was really interested in this book and really liked how the story was laid out. One of my favorite characters was Louisiana. Her parents where circus people but they died when their ship sank. Louisiana now lives with her grandmother but a person is trying to put her in a orphanage or something of the sort. She also has a cat names Archie who you will find out about if you read the book.


-7th

FREE FOOD!

Hey us, readers!

Do you all know about the Cambridge Summer Food Program?  There is free lunch (and sometimes dinner!) all over the city for kids, and this year you can get lunch right here at the Central Square Branch Library every day between 11:30 and 12:30.  Come have a sandwich and read a book!

P.S. Somehow this didn't make the flyer, but if you go to one of the fab free Screen on the Green events, they will be serving dinner right before the movies from 6:45-7:30.

Bon appetit!

 -Librarian Jamie

The Swap by Megan Shull

Ellie and Jack, the two main characters of the book, have difficulty dealing with their own situations. For example, Ellie is dealing with her (ex) best friend, Sassy. Sassy randomly started teasing Ellie and started making rude remarks about her for no reason at all. On top of that, Sassy also ignores Ellie and started hanging out with the popular kids. Ellie struggles to find a way to resolve her problems and cannot stand up for herself. Jack is having trouble at school as well as at home. They magically swap places, literally, when they both wish that they could swap places. Now, they have to deal with the each other's issues! What will happen now? This book is thrilling and exciting and I enjoyed it.

-7th grade