Summer Reading Blitz

Heat Index of 115 degrees, guess I will sit in the AC and read a book or ten.
I have half the Maud Hart Lovelace nominees read so far this summer. So far my favorite is Getting Air by Dan Gutman. It's a little hard to buy into the premise that a group of kids and old ladies take out four high jackers on an airplane, but you do get pulled into the story and how the survivors of the plane crash cope while waiting for rescue.

Kids who like the Hunger Games trilogy will like Maze Runner by James Dashner. It's another tale of kids surviving on their own, this time set in a maze. It ends with a cliff hanger; so be sure to have some copies of the next book, The Scorch Trials, in your library collection. Also, the third book called The Death Cure comes out October 11, 2011.

I enjoyed my re-read of The Brooklyn Nine by Alan Gratz. It takes you through the changes in baseball from 1845 to present day by telling the story of different generations of a family. For more information on Vintage Base Ball (yes, it was originally two words) see Roosters Vintage Base Ball Club (Rochester, MN.) on facebook or www.19cbaseball.com. I happened to be reading this book while waiting for one of the Roosters' games to commence!