BRUISER by Neal Shusterman – REVIEW

Brewster “Bruiser” Rawlins is a loner.  He was voted “Most Likely to Go to Jail” and isn’t someone people take the time to get to know.  Tennyson, a well-liked, popular guy is just like everyone else and doesn’t really give Bruiser much thought – until his sister, Bronte, starts dating him.  Bronte has always had [Keep Reading]

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FORBIDDEN by Tabitha Suzuma – REVIEW

Lochan and Maya are a great team.  They share in the responsibilities around the house to where cooking, cleaning, and caring for their younger siblings is like a well-oiled machine. They have their routine.  They support each other. As long as they can keep their mother’s attention long enough to get money from her to [Keep Reading]

A LONG, LONG SLEEP by Anna Sheehan – REVIEW

Rose is awakened with a kiss.  Sounds nice, right?  Well, not for Rose since she’s been asleep in her stasis tube for 62 years. Rose awakens to find her world changed, her best friend and parents dead, and wild publicity swirling around her.  Rose is the daughter of two very wealthy parents and now is [Keep Reading]

MILES FROM ORDINARY by Carol Lynch Williams – REVIEW

Lacey is filled with excitement and anxiety. Today is the first day of her volunteer job at the public library and her mother’s first day as a checker at Winn-Dixie. Lacey can’t wait to have some time out of the house – some time for herself. Lacey has been the sole caretaker of her mother [Keep Reading]

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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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DUST CITY by Robert Paul Weston – REVIEW

September 30, 2010 – Razorbill Henry Whelp lives in a reformatory for troubled boys called the Home for Wayward Wolves. He’s been there since his father was thrown in jail for killing Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother.  He’s been mad at his father ever since and embarrassed when people bring it up.  He [Keep Reading]

SHE’S SO DEAD TO US by Kieran Scott – REVIEW

It’s been 18 months since Ally Ryan has lived in Orchard Hill and she is nervous about moving back. She doesn’t know how her friends are going to welcome her back after she left without even saying goodbye to them. Ally didn’t have any warning the night her and her parents left town. With her [Keep Reading]

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GLIMPSE by Carol Lynch Williams – REVIEW

Lizzie and Hope are as close as two sisters can be; so, when Hope walks in on Lizzie with a shotgun in her mouth, Hope is thrown into a world of confusion.  She can’t imagine what would drive Lizzie to such an extreme action. After Lizzie is taken to the hospital and put in lockdown, [Keep Reading]

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THE RISE OF RENEGADE X by Chelsea Campbell – REVIEW

EgmontUSA – May 11, 2010 Welcome to Golden City where superheroes and supervillains mingle with ordinary citizens. We meet the main character, Damien Locke, on the eve of his 16th birthday – the day his “V” is supposed to appear in his thumbprint. The day his fate is officially sealed. The day he becomes a [Keep Reading]

PERCHANCE TO DREAM by Lisa Mantchev – REVIEW

Feiwel & Friends – May 25, 2010 As the curtain rises on Act 2 of the Thèâtre Illuminata, we find Bertie at the beginning of her quest to rescue Nate from the clutches of the evil Sea Goddess from The Little Mermaid. As the new Mistress of Revels, it is her job to put pen [Keep Reading]

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