Book: Kill the Boy Band

Kill the Boy Band
by Goldy Moldavsky

Length: 320

Format: eBook
Price: Free -downloaded from Overdrive

How I heard about it: it's on the book list I made from my YAL conference

Basic Premise: The Ruperts are coming to the US and four of their biggest fans (Strepurs...Ruperts spelled backwards) are not missing this opportunity to see their idols in concert. But when one of them goes to get ice at the hotel and she runs into a real live Rupert, she isn't quite sure what to do. So she knocks him out and drags him back to their hotel room, where the pandemonium begins.

My Take: 8 out of 10 (scale here)

This book was SO FUN. I read it in four days, which is pretty remarkable considering how busy I am this time of year. It's told in first-person from, arguably, the sanest member of the fangirls. It took me by surprise in several regards. First, there was much more mystery than I anticipated. Once the story got rolling, the plot became deeper and more and more twisted. It's another one of those stories where one bad decision leads to another, much worse decision, and the whole thing starts to spiral. Secondly, this was the first novel from this author, Goldy Moldavsky, and I think she did a great job. I am interested in reading more of her stuff. Lastly, and sadly, I cannot have this book in my classroom. Now that I think about it, I remember that the presenter said it is a book for high schoolers, and I would agree. Between the language and sexual content, it's probably a book suited for older readers. But it was super fun, and the first one off my list!

1. Scythe by Neal Schusterman
2. Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson
3. Seeds of America Trilogy by Laurie Halse Anderson
4. Front Lines by Michael Grant
5. Steeplejack by AJ Hartley
6. The Girl I Used to Be by April Henry
7. Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
8. The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig
9. The Reader by Traci Chee
10. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story by Nora Raleigh Baskin
11. Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
12. Kill the Boy Band by Goldy Moldavski
13. The Distance to Home by Jenn Bishop
14. The Best Man by Richard Peck
15. Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart
16. Ghost by Jason Reynolds
17. This Is Where it Ends by Marieke Nijkamp
18. The Bitter Side of Sweet by Tara Sullivan
19. The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

20. The Serpent King by Jeff Zetner