Phoenix Island

Finally finished reading Phoenix Island and creating the RC counts quiz for it! Talk about non-stop action/adventure thriller... Carl has a good heart, but a rough life. Now an orphan and in trouble with the law, he is banished to a juvenile boot camp for orphans on an island of the coast of... well, no one was really specific about that. It doesn't take Carl too long to figure out Phenix Island is not your regular boot camp type program. The drill sergeants take "mean" to a new level. Kids disappear. A mad doctor runs the "Chop Shop." Of course, it's complete with a megalomaniac. Soon, Carl just is just trying to survive the day, but that's difficult when you are "an individual" with a strong sense of responsibility to protect the weak and wounded. Carl has two things going for him: he's smart and he's a former boxing champion. Will that be enough for him to survive? What about Ross and Octavia? Can he save them too? Read it and find out...

Nearly Gone

This Peach book by Elle Cosimano will keep you up long past bedtime! Lots of characters; lots of potential killers. Nearly Boswell is super smart, but that's all she has going for her. She is desperate to win a chemistry scholarship and get out of her worn down trailer park. The competition is tough and her close friend is her main competitor. No time for boys - except her best friend Jeremy. He keeps her grounded with Twinkies. But then the messages start appearing in the strangest places, followed by the bodies - with their own peculiar numbers. The police are adding up the clues and so is the new bad boy, Reece. Soon... "All the numbers add up to one killer... herself "   PS - We have the sequel too :)