CINDER by Marissa Meyer – REVIEW

Cinder is an orphan.  She lost her parents when she was eleven and she and her family were in a fatal hover accident. She survived the crash, but only just barely. In order to save Cinda, scientists had to add a metal hand and a metal leg turning her into a cyborg. Luckily, a man [Keep Reading]

PRIZED by Caragh M. O’Brien – REVIEW

NOTE: You will want to read BIRTHMARKED, the first book in this series, to be sure you get the full effect of this story. PRIZED picks up right where BIRTHMARKED left off.  Gaia, lost and alone in the wasteland, is trying to save her sister from the people of Wharfton, but she has gone as [Keep Reading]

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ASHFALL by Mike Mullin – REVIEW

Alex, a typical, teenage boy is left alone for the weekend because he refused to go away with his parents to his Uncle’s farm. He quickly regrets his decision after the unthinkable happens. A volcano in Yellowstone National Park erupts, sending ash across the entire country. Forced to leave  after the destruction of his home, [Keep Reading]

WONDERSTRUCK by Brian Selznick – REVIEW

Ben, a young boy, feels lost and alone ever since the death of his mother.  Even though he lives with his aunt and uncle he doesn’t feel like he belongs.  When loneliness get too much, Ben sneaks next door to the house he lived in with his mother and begins to look for something, anything [Keep Reading]

DUST & DECAY by Jonathan Maberry – REVIEW

Benny made it back from the Rot & Ruin only to start training with his brother, Tom, to leave again. After seeing the airplane fly over, Benny, Nix, Lilah, and Tom have been anxious to find out where it was going. Could there be civilazation beyond the Rot & Ruin? Every day Tom trains Benny, [Keep Reading]

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BUMPED by Megan McCafferty – REVIEW

Picture a world where a virus has rendered everyone over the age of 18 infertile.  What are married couples supposed to do if they want children? That’s right!  Hire a surrogate. In this world there are Professional Surrogates who enter into  strict contracts with couples to provide them a baby. These surrogates are required to [Keep Reading]

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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]

THE DUFF by Kody Keplinger – REVIEW

Bianca hates going out with her friends. She loves Jessica and Casey more than almost anyone in the world, but watching them make fools of themselves on the dance floor and having to save them from the inappropriate advances of the jerks looking for their next conquest. Bianca spends her time sitting at the bar [Keep Reading]

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GIRL PARTS by John Cusick – REVIEW

It all starts with a suicide.  Nora Vogel transmits her death live on a video website and David just happened to stumble upon it while he was surfing the Internet. When word gets out that he was one of the kids to watch, his parents and the school counselor become worried about the amount of [Keep Reading]

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]