This was a movie I loved when I was a kid, so I decided to check out the graded reader for my students. Such a strange story.
52. Summer Hours at the Robbers Library by Sue Halpern
I'm a sucker for books about bookstores and libraries and this one is set in New Hampshire! Sold!! Riverton, NH is not a place I had heard of but when she said it was on the Connecticut River I knew it had to be near Vermont. Turns out it's in Coos County which, while very far from where I grew up, is in the same county as a friend of mine grew up in. So northern NH. Nice! North of Mt. Washington- oh interesting! Must be super cold in the winter! Yowzers! This is a super moving story about establishing relationships and finding your place.
53. Radiate by CA Higgins
This is the third book in the series. I enjoyed Lightless quite a bit and decided to revisit this universe after listening to Liberty Hardy at All the Books talk about Lightless. It is super engaging but darker than I was quite in the mood for.
54. The Freeze-Frame Revolution by Peter Watts
After hearing David Barr Kirtley talk to Peter Watts, I decided to read his short story The Things. That was awesome! So I decided to check this one out too. And let me tell you it was a ride! I really enjoyed this incredible story. It's a relatively short novel but with an epic scope. I found it utterly fascinating!!
55. The Parking Lot Attendant by Nafkote Tamirat
I decided to check out this book after hearing Liberty Hardy at All the Books talk about it. It was a dark book that did not suit my mood. A young girl becomes entranced by a man that works at a parking lot. And this man turns out to be rather involved in the Ethiopian community of Boston. Her loneliness and innocence blind her to some seriously strange aspects of this relationship, and it does not end well.
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