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Friday Finds (Jan 22)

January 22, 2010 by Darlene


Friday Finds hosted by Should Be Reading asks us to share what great books we heard about or discovered in the past week.


My pick this week is a Young Adult novel called The River by Mary Jane Beaufrand. It’s being released on February 10, 2010 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Here’s a bit about it from Amazon.com…

Veronica Severance feels cut off from the world. Forced to move from the city to rural Oregon with her parents, she is haunted by loneliness and by the chilling sounds of the Santiam, the river that runs through her backyard.

Through the fog of isolation, Ronnie finds herself becoming close with Karen, a young girl who she babysits. But when she discovers Karen’s body on the banks of the Santiam, the victim of a supposed accident, Ronnie feels compelled to uncover the truth.

As she becomes increasingly obsessed with solving Karen’s death, Ronnie is led deeper and deeper into the woods surrounding the river and to the dark secret hidden within its midst.

The River is a darkly atmospheric story of murder, isolation, obsession and dark secrets that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page.

This really sounds good. I’ve been getting more in interested in Young Adult books lately. There sure are a lot of good ones out there. What about you? What are you waiting for this week?

Darlene

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  1. Vivienne says

    January 22, 2010 at 1:01 pm

    what a fabulous find. I want to know what is in the woods now.

  2. bermudaonion says

    January 22, 2010 at 2:08 pm

    Oooh, that does sound like a good one!

  3. IceJewel says

    January 22, 2010 at 3:51 pm

    oh..this sounds like an awesome book..!!

  4. Missy B. says

    January 22, 2010 at 6:13 pm

    This sounds really good, Dar. Thanks for the heads up!

  5. carla says

    January 22, 2010 at 6:22 pm

    That sounds good!
    I agree, the young adult books have some really good stuff out there.
    Have a good weekend!

  6. Jo-Jo says

    January 22, 2010 at 6:42 pm

    That does sound like a good book.

  7. Diane says

    January 22, 2010 at 7:04 pm

    Dar, this one sounds very good; thanks

  8. Nise' says

    January 23, 2010 at 12:30 am

    Got this one on my radar as well. I love YA books!

  9. justpeachy36 says

    January 23, 2010 at 5:59 pm

    This one looks really good.

    btw… I gave you a shoutout on my blog today.

    http://debsbookbag.blogspot.com/2010/01/giveaway-saturday-5.html

  10. Linda Jacobs says

    January 24, 2010 at 5:11 pm

    Oooh, this looks like it's something my stufents would enjoy! I'm always on the look-out for good YA novels.

  11. Gwendolyn B. says

    January 25, 2010 at 2:23 am

    I'm making a note of this – I love darkly atmospheric stories of murder . . . wait – I sound psycho. Pretend I didn't say all that!

  12. Toni says

    January 25, 2010 at 5:30 am

    Looks like a great one Dar.

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