ValleyReads

Monkeewrench by P. J. Tracy

A new cops-and-crooks computer game becomes a nightmare when someone starts duplicating the fictional murders in real life. Now the game’s designer, Grace, and her oddball programmers must rethink their game to deduce the killer’s next target.

Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar

While navigating his first year of high school and awaiting the birth of his new baby brother, Scott loses old friends and gains some unlikely new ones as he hones his skills as a writer.

Rhymes with Witches by Lauren Myracle

High school freshman Jane believes that she would do anything to be popular until she is selected to be in the school’s most exclusive clique and learns that popularity has a price.

Firestorm by David Klass

After learning that he has been sent from the future for a special purpose, eighteen-year-old Jack receives help from an unusual dog and a shape-shifting female fighter.

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman

Examines cultural issues in the American health care system through the case of Lia, a Hmong-American girl suffering from epilepsy whose treatment by doctors in California conflicted with the traditional healing beliefs held by her family.