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Goodreads Synopsis:A doll that may be haunted leads three friends on a thrilling adventure in this delightfully creepy novel from the New York Times bestselling cocreator of the Spiderwick Chronicles. Zach, Poppy, and Alice have been friends forever. And for almost as long, they’ve been playing one continuous, ever-changing game of pirates and thieves, mermaids […]
Sometime reviewer Chris Dahl sent me this review with the subject heading: 5th Wave review, here it is if you dare. I dare. It was so interesting to watch Chris read this book because 1) he is a huge Rick Yancey fan and 2) he was bothered because he was having such a different reaction […]
Book Review: Death, Dickinson, and the Demented Life of Frenchie Garcia by Jenny Torres Sanchez (An ARC giveaway!)
Book Reviews, Death Dickinson and the Demented Life of Frenchie Garcie, Grief, Jenny Torres Sanchez, Suicide, Teen Issues
|The Excerpt (the beginning paragraphs): “The old man across the street is dead. I don’t know who figured it out or how, but I think he’d been dead for days when they found him. School has been out for three weeks. I estimate that would have been the last time I saw him. Alive. […]
Book Review: The Other Normals by Ned Vizzini
Book Reviews, Collaborative Summer Reading Program, Fantasy, gaming, Ned Vizzini, The Other Normals, YA Lit
|“All right,” Ada says, “I want you to listen very carefully.” She moves around the room with the confidence of an ER Doctor, opening panels on the walls, setting dials. The thakerak hums and purrs. “Whoa!” Gamary yells as a sword jabs through the door. “Open up!” a voice orders. The sword jerks up and down but, […]
Book Review: Prophecy by Ellen Oh
Book Reviews, Dragons, Ellen Oh, Feminism, historical fantasy, korean, Prophecy, Uncategorized
|Fire shot up from the ground like geysers, and all around them fiendish figures danced about in wild abandon. Kira screamed again, over and over, but her screams excited the demons further, sending them into a rampage as they clawed her clothes and raked sharp talons against her flesh. Ahead, a figure grew to immense proportions in the midst […]
Since Angie Manfredi is talking about Sara Zarr today, I thought I would review The Lucy Variations. Publishes May 7, 2013 by Little, Brown Lucy Beck-Moreau was a world renowned pianist at a young age, and the pressure from her family to be the best was intense. That’s why one day in Prague, she simply […]
Book Review: Permanent Record by Leslie Stella
Book Reviews, Bullying, Contemporary Fiction, depression, Diversity, Leslie Stella, Permanent Record, Uncategorized
|She’s peeling what’s left of some green nail polish off her pinkie. She says, “Bud, I’m still worried. You know, about that letter. That douche bag Dylan was telling his idiot friends that you were a weirdo- I heard him in History. And what about Trevor? He was whispering with his little pack of panting […]
Synopsis: Period 8. An hour a day. You can hang out. You can eat your lunch. You can talk. Or listen. Or neither. Or both. Nothing is off-limits. The only rule is that you keep it real; that you tell the truth.Heller High senior Paul Baum–aka Paulie Bomb–tells the truth. Not the “Wow, that’s an […]
Book Review: The Last Apprentice series by Joseph Delaney
Book Reviews, Jeff Bridges, Joseph Delaney, The Last Apprentice, Uncategorized
|The Last Apprentice series by Joseph Delaney is being cast for filming as we speak. It looks like Jeff Bridges has just been cast to play The Spook. Today, sometime TLT reviewer Chris Dahl tells you why you should be reading this series. The Wardstone Chronicles (known as The Last Apprentice in the United States) […]
Book Review: Notes from Ghost Town by Kate Ellison
Book Reviews, Kate Ellison, Mental Illness, Mysteries, Notes from Ghost Town, Uncategorized
|They say first love never dies… From critically acclaimed author Kate Ellison comes a heartbreaking mystery of mental illness, unspoken love, and murder. When sixteen-year-old artist Olivia Tithe is visited by the ghost of her first love, Lucas Stern, it’s only through scattered images and notes left behind that she can unravel the mystery of […]
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