The Good Neighbors

Naomi Bates came and spoke at our Inservice this week. She had so many fun and exciting things to talk about - some of them book titles, some of them technology updates. She was amazing!

One of the titles she mentioned was Holly Black & Ted Naifeh's graphic novel (reads like a comic) titled, Kin (The Good Neighbors, Book One).

I picked it up on Friday. It was easy to read and I found it pretty interesting. If you've read Holly Black before, then you know she is into faeries and alternate worlds. Paired with Naifeh's art, readers will be taken to a new dimension!

Rue's mom is missing. She overheard her mother and her father fighting - possibly over another woman - after the fight, her mother was gone.

More than that is troubling Rue, however. Since her mother left, she feels like there is more than meets the eye to the world at large. If she looks closely at things, she can't help but notice that they aren't quite right. Creatures disguised a humans? That can't be right.

When her father is arrested for killing one of his college students, Rue is forced to face the truth. Something in her world is wrong. A strange grandfather appears and wants to take her "home". His assistant only speaks in confounding riddles that make no sense. Her friends want to help her solve the mystery of the murdered girl....all of these things collide to form the first part of what is sure to be an intriguing series!!

This was a good recommendation that I am now passing on!!
Give it a try.

For more info, visit the author's site by clicking here!