Library House blogger, Leana, catches up with 8th grader, Jacqueline F.
LM: Who is the main character, what is he/she like?
JF: A girl named, Ror, who likes to draw. She was born in this commune and she was raised by her parents which were hippies. Her family is not allowed to have worldly possessions (like tv, eating candy, or junk food.) They have to make their own clothes and food. One night when she is drawing in her room, her dad comes and sets the house on fire, and he commits suicide. Her family loses everything, goes to a motel, and has to give in to society.  She goes to a public school for the first time, she meets a guy in art class, she befriends him. She figures out that he is part of a graffiti crew and she gets really into graffiti, and becomes a member of the graffiti crew. She wants to continue to be there but, it’s too dangerous.  Her family doesn’t support it and its a problem for her.
LM: What inspired you to read this book?
JF: I decided to read it because of the book trailer that we saw it library and I could relate to the character.
LM: If  you could experience any events from the book what would it be?
JF: The events are really sad so I wouldn’t want to experience any of those events.
This book will appeal  to readers who like characters who struggle with emotional changes  and with some hard life challenges. There are characters that help her in ways that are extremely kind.
It’s about a girl trying to figure out who she is and what art means to her when she is passing through hard times. There are a lot of moments where she is feeling confusion, fear, strength, and acceptance. Art is a way to scream out her emotions. Remember that Julie Chibbaro and JM Superville Sovak are coming for W2R day!
an they get Mouse out? Will he ever be able to be free? Find out what happens next in the library.
Mason has a father who is “not ready to be his father” as his mother puts it. He has some memories of his father, though he was very young.  Mason is just an ordinary boy with a family secret that even he did not know about.
 Even Duck, who never likes to help, decided to help. When they all go home for the night, Duck has other plans. He sketches, builds and cuts repeatedly each night while Farmer Brown does the same but in the day.
One night, Clary goes to Pandemonium, a seedy dance club. She finds herself face to face with a demon who moments before, looked like a regular boy. She’s not in any danger because the demon is captured by what they call “shadowhunters.” Clary is the only mundie (the shadowhunter name for humans) who can see and hear them, which leads to Clary’s mother being hunted and taken, by someone they don’t know. The search for her mother leads Clary to the shocking truth about her past and who she really is.
   His nana told him to close his eyes and listen to the music, as told by a blind man and when he closed his eyes, he drifted away. Following the beat of the music, he lost track of time and the song was over. CJ gave a quarter to the guitar player and then his nana started to knit. When they go to their stop, the last stop on Market Street, CJ wondered why they went to a street that was so dirty. His nana answered that if you concentrate, you can see the beauty. After walking, they get to their destination…
ng. When he was gonna clean the window, he saw the most interesting thing he has ever seen in his entire life. A goldfish. Scaredy Squirrel immediately looked at it and got an idea. He was gonna befriend it. It was the only friend Scaredy Squirrel can befriend, no germs, won’t be able to bite him and is quiet. Scaredy Squirrel came up with a plan and decided that he was gonna meet it but not forgetting that he doesn’t want to get bitten. He was gonna avoid the rabbits, the beavers, walruses and….Godzilla?