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Graphic Novel Review: Return of the Dapper Men
Media Type: Graphic Novel Title: Return of the Dapper Men Author: Jim McCann Illustrator: Janet Lee Publisher: Archaia Pages: Hardcover; 144 Release Date: Oct 27, 2010 Source: NetGalley Enter a world in between time, where children have played so long it’s almost become work, machines have worked so long they have begun to play, and all the clocks have stopped at the same time. This is how this land has remained, until 314 dapper-looking gentlemen rain down from the sky and set off in different directions to start the world anew. Now Ayden, the only boy to still ask questions;…
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Book Review: Land of Corn Chips
Media Type: Book Title: Land of Corn Chips Author: Angela Carlie Publisher: Darkside Publishing Pages: Ebook; 100 Release Date: May 24, 2011 Source: Author/TBS ==================== Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade Content Screening: Minor violence and gore HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Eleven-year-old Nate Hansen never believed in dragons before an eccentric man with a purple-feather hat kidnaps him. Spirited to the Land of Corn Chips on the back of a mechanical yellow dragon, Nate must find a way to avoid being ground into compost. His only hope of escape is to earn the friendship of the local wrestling…
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Book Review: The Detention Club
Media Type: Book Title: The Detention Club Author: David Yoo Publisher: Balzer & Bray Pages: Hardcover; 240 Release Date: July 1, 2011 Source: Publisher ================== Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade/Young Adult Content Screening: None HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Sixth-grader Peter Lee, in a desperate attempt to regain the popularity he had in elementary school, discovers that serving detention can win him important friends, much to the dismay of his over-achieving eighth-grade sister, Sunny. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / Amazon / B&N Kudos, first of all, to David Yoo for perfectly capturing the world…
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Book Review: Wildefire
Media Type: Book Title: Wildefire Author: Karsten Knight Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pages: Hardcover; 400 Release Date: July 26, 2011 Source: Publisher ===================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild language; Violence HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Every flame begins with a spark. Ashline Wilde is having a rough sophomore year. She’s struggling to find her place as the only Polynesian girl in school, her boyfriend just cheated on her, and now her runaway sister, Eve, has decided to barge back into her life. When Eve’s violent behavior escalates and she does the unthinkable, Ash transfers to…
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Book Review: A Need So Beautiful
Media Type: Book Title: A Need So Beautiful Author: Suzanne Young Publisher: Balzer & Bray Pages: Hardcover; 272 Release Date: June 1, 2011 Source: Publisher/TBS =================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild language HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart We all want to be remembered. Charlotte’s destiny is to be Forgotten… Charlotte’s best friend thinks Charlotte might be psychic. Her boyfriend thinks she’s cheating on him. But Charlotte knows what’s really wrong: She is one of the Forgotten, a kind of angel on earth, who feels the Need—a powerful, uncontrollable draw to help someone, usually a stranger.…
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Book Review: Aurora Undefined
Media Type: Book Title: Aurora Undefined Author: Kate Hinderer Publisher: Self-published Pages: Kindle; 211 Release Date: March 10, 2011 Source: Author/TBS ===================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Aurora is entering her senior year and everything around her seems to be falling apart. Her best friend has joined the cool crowd and she struggles to grapple with the loss. But when tragedy strikes, Aurora realizes what loss is really all about and how moving on becomes a fight of the will, mind and heart. Add it on: Goodreads /…
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Book Review: My Life Undecided
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: My Life Undecided Author: Jessica Brody Publisher: Farrar, Straus, Giroux Pages: Hardcover; 320 Release Date: June 7, 2011 Source: Publisher ===================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart PLEASE READ THIS! MY LIFE DEPENDS ON IT! Okay, maybe that was a bit melodramatic, but I’m sorry, I’m feeling a bit melodramatic at the moment. Here’s the deal. My name is Brooklyn Pierce, I’m fifteen years old, and I am decisionally challenged. Seriously, I can’t remember the last good decision I made. I can remember plenty of…
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Book Review: Hate List
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: Hate List Author: Jennifer Brown Publisher: Little Brown Pages: Hardcover; 405 Release Date: September 1, 2009 Source: Library ======================= Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Five months ago, Valerie Leftman’s boyfriend, Nick, opened fire on their school cafeteria. Shot trying to stop him, Valerie inadvertently saved the life of a classmate, but was implicated in the shootings because of the list she helped create. A list of people and things she and Nick hated. The list he used to pick his targets. Now, after a summer…
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Book Review: Mercy
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: Mercy Author: Rebecca Lim Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: Paperback; 281 Release Date: October 28, 2010 Source: NetGalley ======================= Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild language; violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart An electric combination of angels, mystery and romance, MERCY is the first book in a major new paranormal series. There’s something very wrong with me. I can’t remember who I am or how old I am, or even how I got here. All I know is that when I wake up, I could be any one. It is always this…
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Book Review: Don’t Stop Now
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: Don’t Stop Now Author: Julie Halpern Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Pages: Hardcover; 224 Release Date: June 7, 2011 Source: Publisher/TBS ==================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Language HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart On the first day of Lillian’s summer-before-college, she gets a message on her cell from her sort-of friend, Penny. Not only has Penny faked her own kidnapping, but Lil is the only one who figures it out. She knows that Penny’s home life has been rough, and that her boyfriend may be abusive. Soon, Penny’s family, the local police,…