Lola and the Boy Next Door - Stephanie Perkins

28 March 2014



Pages: 368 pages
Edition: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Speak
Source: Purchased
Started: 19th of March, 2014
Finished: 21st of March, 2014

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Lola Nolan is a budding costume designer, and for her, the more outrageous, sparkly, and fun the outfit, the better. And everything is pretty perfect in her life (right down to her hot rocker boyfriend) until the Bell twins, Calliope and Cricket, return to the negihborhood. When Cricket, a gifted inventor, steps out from his twin sister's shadow and back into Lola's life, she must finally reconcile a lifetime of feelings for the boy next door.

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

16 March 2014


Pages: 552 pages
Edition: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Source: Library
Started: 28th of February, 2014
Finished: 12th of March, 2014

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HERE IS A SMALL FACT - YOU ARE GOING TO DIE.

1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier.

Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall.

SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION - THIS NOVEL IS NARRATED BY DEATH.

It's a small story, about: a girl, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist fighter, and quite a lot of thievery.

ANOTHER THING YOU SHOULD KNOW - DEATH WILL VISIT THE BOOK THIEF THREE TIMES.