DARK SONG by Gail Giles – REVIEW

September 7, 2010 – Little Brown Ames lives a good life with her parents and younger sister. They take family vacations together, enjoy each other’s company, and have everything they want – a nice house, friends, and luxuries. Little does Ames know, but everything is about to come crashing down around her. After returning home [Keep Reading]

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INFINITY by Sherrilyn Kenyon – REVIEW

Before Nick Gautier was a Squire for Kyrian Hunter and way before he ran into trouble with Ash, he was a ninth grader on a scholarship at prestigious private school.  He is willing to put up with the constant harassment from his classmates because of the ridiculous clothes his mother buys for him and the [Keep Reading]

NOMANSLAND by Lesley Hauge – REVIEW

Imagine a world where there are only women and men are considered criminals. On an island called Foundland, Keller is a teenager training to be a Tracker.  Trackers are expert archers and equestrians and meant to protect the shores of their island from the enemy – men. Foundland is run by a group of powerful [Keep Reading]

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WAYFARER by R.J. Anderson – REVIEW

HarperCollins – June 22, 2010 WAYFARER takes place fourteen years after FAERY REBELS: SPELL HUNTER. It is more of a companion than a sequel since the main character is Linden, Knife’s foster daughter. Linden lives in the Oak with the other faeries.  The Queen is ill and not expected to live much longer and all [Keep Reading]

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FAT VAMPIRE by Adam Rex – REVIEW

Balzer + Bray – July 1, 2010 Doug wasn’t meant to be a vampire. He was turned by a starving, newly-made vampire totally by accident.  Doug was in the wrong place at the wrong time and now he’ll be fat and fifteen forever. Doug can’t seem to find any girls with vampire fetishes to feed [Keep Reading]

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NOTHING by Janne Teller – REVIEW

Atheneum – February 9, 2010 NOTHING by Janne Teller is a dark and disturbing story of a group of Danish seventh graders who are forced to define “meaning.”  When one of their classmates leaves school one day after he announces, “Nothing matters,” they pull together to find a way to prove he is wrong. The [Keep Reading]

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THE GARDENER by S.A. Bodeen – REVIEW

Feiwel & Friends – May 25, 2010 Will there ever be a day when the world runs out of food? What if the entire planet was facing starvation? Should scientists be trying anything and everything to find a solution to this possible problem? Some think they should. The reader will know, just by looking at [Keep Reading]

EPITAPH ROAD by David Patneaude – REVIEW

EgmontUSA – March 23, 2010 It’s been thirty years since the first plague swept through the world, killing the majority of the males on the planet.  Being the only ones left to put the world back together, the women become the leaders of the world and the people with the most influence in society.  Women [Keep Reading]

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GONE by Michael Grant

As a fan of apocalyptic science fiction, I was very excited to read GONE by Michael Grant. In the blink of an eye, everyone over the age of fourteen disappears. POOF! Teachers in the middle of a lesson, mothers preparing their babies’ bottles, people driving down the road – all just GONE! Panic begins to [Keep Reading]

UNLEASHED by Kristopher Reisz

Daniel’s doesn’t feel in control of his life. He is a senior in high school and seems to have everything going for him. He just received word from Cornell that he has been accepted and everyone is excited – except him. Daniel knows he doesn’t deserve the early acceptance into Cornell. He feels like a [Keep Reading]

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