Dirty DancingĪ female character who comes out of her shellĪ Girl Named Digit by Annabel Monaghan. As you can guess, this book is about Lady Jane. My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows. Sorry Sammy, but solving a murder and stopping a murderer from murdering your elusive mother was not what you had in mind when you went to confront her right? Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost ArkĪ book with the central characters name in the title Sammy Keyes and the Hollywood Mummy by Wendelin Van Draanen. ![]() Die HardĪ book with a trip that doesn’t go to plan: It’s about a school for spies in England and there is a lot of mentoring throughout the series. The Karate Kidįavorite book involving training/mentoring trope: She’s quirky, fun, and a character with one unique sense of style. She’s a lawyer, but you’d never know by looking at her. Judy Carrier from Betrayed by Lisa Scottoline. Even though I don’t want to repeat a series more than once, I’m going to have to because I’m not a huge Sci-fi fan and this is the only book I could think of. I’d rather have Mary find who she is and establish herself before committing herself to anything that she might later regret. These two took four books to get together but I’m glad. Mary and James from The Agency Series by Y. She is just like Tess, and doesn’t do what she doesn’t want to do (except when she agrees to live with Lillian and receive tuition for college but she’s still a rebel) When Harry Met SallyĪ book couple that took an eternity to get together: Sawyer from Little White Lies by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. I think that’s enough… Ferris Bueller’s Day OffĪ character who loves breaking the rules: “I am, however, somewhat concerned that she might kill you.” “If Emilia was predisposed to fratricide, I wouldn’t have made it past kindergarten,” he said. The reveal of SYLO and its enemy arrives with a bang at the last minute, leaving readers stranded with the teens in Portland, Maine and primed for the next title.Asher waved away my words, unconcerned. ![]() Taking the time in his ample page count to establish islander relationships and the state of normal on Pemberwick pays off when the action kicks in, and readers are not only entertained by the pyrotechnics but emotionally invested in the characters and their quirky piece of home turf. MacHale is off to a powerhouse start in this well-paced thriller. After a group of rebel islanders, including Tori's father, are killed by SYLO, the teens stage a daring escape by boat to try to summon help from the mainland, but, as the cliffhanger ending demonstrates, the East Coast has plenty of problems of its own. Many of the islanders, including Tucker and his buddies Quinn and Tori, aren't falling for this explanation, mostly due to the suspicious combination of severed mainland communication, the incarceration of seemingly blameless citizens, the dearth of actual quarantine procedures, and the eerie black spacecraft that zoom over Pemberwick. military organization called SYLO, ostensibly there to quarantine the islanders while the CDC isolates an unnamed contagion. In this first installment of a trilogy, Pemberwick's peace is shattered by several mysterious deaths of otherwise healthy residents, the appearance of a dealer in performance-enhancing crystals, and the sudden occupation of the island by a U.S. The laid-back life style on Pemberwick Island, off the coast of Maine, suits fourteen-year-old Tucker just fine: he's got a few friends, an undemanding spot on the football team, and some extra cash helping out his dad and the local lobstermen.
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