Jody Lewandowski

If you like action in your fantasy..

Thank you for requesting a Book Match. It looks like you really enjoy high action in your fantasy fiction, so here are some other titles you may like:

H.I.V.E.: Higher Institute of Villainous Education by Mark Walden.

Swept away to a hidden academy for training budding evil geniuses, Otto, a brilliant orphan, Wing, a sensitive warrior, Laura, a shy computer specialist, and Shelby, an infamous jewel thief, plot to beat the odds and escape the prison known as H.I.V.E.

Artemis Fowl(and others in the series)  by Eoin Colfer.

Going Green: A Fabulous Friday Earth Day Celebration

Headquarters Theater, Friday, April 23, 4:15-5:00. 
Grades K-6.
Call 540-372-1144 to sign up now!  

Looking for a way to learn more about recycling and how to take care of Mother Earth?

Bring your family and enjoy skits, crafts, games, face painting, and activities sponsored by various local community groups at our Earth Day celebration! 
We are pleased to welcome the fun folks from Caledon Natural Area State Park, Friends of the Rappahannock, R-Board, Fredericksburg Parks and Recreation, Master Gardeners, Virginia Tech Extension Office.
Thanks to the Virginia Cooperative Extension Office, each child will receive a free seedling!

Organized by CRRL’s own Teen Council!

If you like Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board by Bethany Hamilton

Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton

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If you like Scribbler of Dreams by Mary Pearson

If you enjoyed Scribbler of Dreams by Mary Pearson, here are some other suspenseful romances you may
like:

 

Look for Me by Moonlight by Mary Downing Hahn.

While staying at the remote and reputedly haunted Maine inn run by her
father and pregnant stepmother, sixteen-year-old Cynda feels
increasingly isolated from her father's new family and finds solace in
the attentions of a charming but mysterious guest.

 

Zazoo by Richard Mosher.

If you like Inkheart by Cornelia Caroline Funke

Here are some other titles you may like. They are
all adventures, and some of them are funny, too.

 

The Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson.

After twelve-year-old Annika, a foundling living in late
nineteenth-century Vienna, inherits a trunk of costume jewelry, a woman
claiming to be her aristocratic mother arrives and takes her to live in
a strangely decrepit mansion in Germany.

 

Hidden Talents by David Lubar.

If you like Prime Choice by Stephanie P. Moore

If you enjoyed Prime Choice, here are some other titles you may like:

 

 

Torch Red: Color Me Torn by Melody Carlson.

Feeling like she is the only virgin on the planet, a high school junior
wrestles with questions about love and sex before ultimately choosing to
give herself to God instead of her boyfriend. This is part of the True
Colors series.

 

The First Part Last by Angela Johnson.

If you like Guide to the McGowan Boys by Megan Meade

If you enjoyed Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys, here are some other
titles you may like:

 

 

How to be Popular by Meg Cabot.

Summary: Sixteen-year-old Steph Landry finds an old book on how to be
popular and decides to change her social status by following its advice,
much to the bafflement of her two best friends. Surprising romance!

 

Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen.

If you like books about horses...

Thank you for requesting a Book Match. I have not read the Heartland series, but here are some other inspiring horse stories you may enjoy:

Colt by Nancy Springer.
Summary: A young boy with a crippling disease learns, through a horseback riding program, to overcome his own anxieties and to help others in dealing with their own problems.

If you like mysteries with girl sleuths...

If you enjoy mysteries with girl sleuths, here are some other titles you may like:

Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief (a series!)
by Wendelin Van Draanen
The day before starting seventh grade, Sammy peers through her grandmother's binoculars and spots the latest in a rash of burglaries. The burglar spots her right back!