Category Archives: Recommendations

Junior Book Club Recommends

Students in Junior Book Club have also recommended some of their favourite books found on the shelves of the SHS library.

Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard

Recommended by: Grade 7 student

Plot: Four old friends come together to find out who killed their friend.

Read it if… you like a good mystery and lots of romance.

 

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

Recommended by: Grade 7 student

Plot: It is about a girl named Grace who falls in love with a wolf.

Read it if… you like a good wolf romance.

 

Havoc by Chris Wooding

Recommended by: Grade 8 student

Plot: It’s about Malice, a secret world that very few teens get in and even fewer  get out.

Read it if…you like a mystery and thriller.

 

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Recommended by: Grade 8 student

Plot: Katness volunteers to be in the Hunger Games, instead of her little sister.

Read it if… you like a good mystery mixed with romance and violence.

 

Hate List by Jennifer Brown

Recommended by:  Grade 8 student

Plot: Val and her boyfriend create the Hate List, but what happens when he takes it too far?

Read it if… you enjoy intense books.

 

The Shining by Stephen King

Recommended by: Grade 9 student

Plot: All is not right as the Torrance family stays alone at a cozy Maine hotel.

Read it if… you want a thrilling suspense novel that will keep you guessing.

 

Are any of your favourites on this list?

Senior Book Club Recommends

Students in Senior Book Club have recommended some of their favourite books from the SHS Library collection. Be sure to check them out!

I Heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa Schroeder

Recommended by: Grade 10 student

Plot: The girl’s boyfriend dies and he keeps  coming back to  protect her.

Read it if…you like romance.

 

Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O’Malley

Recommended by: Grade 10 student

Plot: Scott Pilgrim wants to date Ramona Flowers, but in order to do that he must defeat her 7 evil exes.

Read it if…you like action, comedy, and video games.

 

If I Stay by Gayle Forman

Recommended by: Grade 12 student

Plot: Mia Hall is stuck in a coma and has to decide to stay or not wake up.

Read it if… you like a good suspense book that keeps you on your feet.

 

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Recommended by: Grade 12 student

Plot:  Falling in love with the animal trainer’s wife never ends well.

Read it if… you like animals, love and scandals.

 

The Darkest Powers Trilogy by Kelley Armstrong

Recommended by: Grade 11 student

Plot: Follow Chloe Saunders on an adventure of mystery and supernatural as she discovers herself and new friends.

Read it if… you enjoy the supernatural.

 

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

Recommended by: Grade 12 student

Plot: Sam Kingston partied hard and died on her way home that night, but how? She gets a chance, 7 chances actually, to relive her last day until she finds out what happened that night.

Read it if… you like books about teen problems and life lessons.

Halo Series by Eric Nylund, William C. Dietz, etc.

Recommended by: Grade 12 student

Plot: It is the 26th century. Humanity has gone to war against the Covenant..

Read it if…you like books based on the video game Halo. Genre: Sci-fi.

 

Do you have any opinions about these books? Share them in the comments!