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Soman Chainani

March 27, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

The School for Good and Evil: A World without Princes Booktrailer

As you may recall, our Tween reviewer Ceci LOVED The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani. When I got a copy of the next book, which comes out in April of 2014, I knew I had to get her to read it for us. There was squealing. She is reading it now and […]

January 21, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Book Review: The School for Good and Evil, reviewed by our tween reviewer Ceci

Apparently today is a good day for nontraditional schools of paranormal creatures.  Tween reviewer Ceci shares her thoughts after reading The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani. Publisher’s Annotation: The first kidnappings happened two hundred years before. Some years it was two boys taken, some years two girls, sometimes one of each. But […]

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