Literature For Lunch

Megan Meade’s Guide to the McGowan Boysby Kate BrianBook SummaryMegan Meade has a dilemma. Her parents are moving to South Korea with the military, and she wants to stay in America to finish her last two years of high school.  What is a girl to do?  Move in with the McGowan family and their seven

Saving Francescaby Melina MarchettaBook SummaryI can’t believe I said it out loud. The truth doesn’t set you free, you know. It makes you feel awkward and embarrassed and defenseless and red in the face and horrified and petrified and vulnerable. But free? I don’t feel free. I feel like shit.16-year old Francesca is sent to

The Ghost and the Gothby Stacey KadeBook SummaryDying should have been the worst moment of my life.  I mean, hello, getting run over by a school bus full of band geeks while wearing the regulation gym uniform of red polyester short shorts and a practically see-through white T-shirt?  It doesn’t get more tragic than that.

The Ghost of Crutchfield Hallby Mary Downing Hahn Book SummaryUncle said the dead did not return.  He was wrong.Twelve-year old orphan, Florence Crutchfield, is plucked from her home at Miss Medleycoate’s School for Girls and sent to live with her father’s long-lost uncle at Crutchfield Hall.  Florence is certain that she will be happier with her

Mockingbirdby Kathryn Erskine Book SummaryAnd Devon said, It’s not about the dog!  It’s about people!  You shouldn’t hurt innocent people Scout.  That’s what it means. I guess the evil school shooters didn’t listen in English class because they did not Get the meaning of that book at all.Caitlin’s family and community has just been rocked by a

Sisters Redby Jackson Pearce Book SummaryScarlett took a step forward, then another, until she was so close to the monster that the rotting stench emanating from his throat choked her.  The wolf opened his wide, long jaws, rows of teeth and bloodstained tongue stretching for her.  A thought locked itself in Scarlet’s mind, and she repeated