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Book Review: Regine’s Book, a teen girl’s last words by Regine Stokke
Book Reviews, Cancer, Nonfiction, Regine Stokke, Regine's Book, Teen Issues, Zest Books
|“Waiting for death is dehumanizing. To feel your body just getting worse and worse. To have to wait for answers. For the only answer that matters: Will you live or will you die? Most teenagers spend their time worrying about how they’ve done on a test, but others – like me – wait to find […]
Synopsis: On one side of the Rift is a technological paradise without famine or want. On the other side is a mystery. Sixteen-year-old Glenn Morgan has lived next to the Rift her entire life and has no idea of what might be on the other side of it. Glenn’s only friend, Kevin, insists the fence […]
Before we get into this review, let me give you this disclaimer: The Mr. was an art major in college and the godfather of my children is a photographer. We are a family steeped in art and it is entirely possible that this will be reflected in my review. Read more to find out why. […]
5 GNs for Halloween Scares by Karen D
Book Reviews, Booklists, Collection Development, Graphic Novels, Halloween
|5 Great Graphic Novels for Halloween Scares Ghost Huntby Shiho Inada PARTNERS IN FEAR The decrepit building was condemned long ago, but every time the owners try to tear it down, “accidents” start to happen–people get hurt, sometimes even killed. Mai Taniyama and her classmates have heard the rumors that the creepy old high school […]
This is the book where Sarah Rees Brennan makes you laugh a lot; you’re having the best time then she rips your heart out and grinds it into a bloody pulp in the lush woods of Sorry-in-the-Vale under the heal of her boot and you say thank you because it is a glorious reading experience! […]
Ghostopolis by Doug TenNapel 267 pages Graphic Novel 2010 Book Jacket Summary A page-turning adventure of a boy’s journey to the land of ghosts and back.Imagine Garth Hale’s surprise when he’s accidentally zapped to the spirit world by Frank Gallows, a washed-out ghost wrangler. Suddenly Garth finds he has powers the ghosts don’t have, and […]
Be careful what you search for… Emma Guthrie expects this summer to be like any other in the South Carolina Lowcountry–hot and steamy with plenty of beach time alongside her best friend and secret crush, Cooper Beaumont, and Emma’s ever-present twin brother, Jack. But then a mysterious eighteenth-century message in a bottle surfaces, revealing a […]
Book Review: My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century by Rachel Harris
Book Reviews, Historical fiction, historical romance, Rachel Harris
|On the precipice of her sixteenth birthday, the last thing lone wolf Cat Crawford wants is an extravagant gala thrown by her bubbly stepmother and well-meaning father. So even though Cat knows the family’s trip to Florence, Italy is a peace offering, she embraces the magical city and all it offers. But when her curiosity […]
How did Frankenstein become the man who created a monster? The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein series by Kenneth Oppel (Reviewed by Susan Little)
Book Reviews, Kenneth Oppel, Such Wicked Intent, This Dark Endeavor, Victor Frankenstein
|Today Christie is talking about Frankenstein re-imagined for the 21st century, but how did Frankenstein become the man who created a monster? Kenneth Oppel has written a prequel that answers that question and high school teacher by day and library aide by night Susan Little reviews it for us today. This Dark Endeavor […]
Should the sun beatsummer too fiercelythrough your afternoonwindow, you can slantthe blinds to temperheat and scatter light,sifting shadows this wayand that with a […]
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