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The Space Between by Brenna Yovanoff – Advance Review
Posted on November 1, 2011 | 3 CommentsBook Jacket: Everything is made of steel, even the flowers. How can you love anything in a place like this? Daphne is the half-demon, half-fallen angel daughter of Lucifer and […] -
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater – Review
Posted on October 26, 2011 | 2 CommentsBook Jacket: It happens at the start of every November: the Scorpio Races. Riders attempt to keep hold of their water horses long enough to make it to the finish […] -
Darker Still by Leanna Renee Hieber – Advance Review
Posted on October 25, 2011 | 2 CommentsBook Jacket: The Picture of Dorian Gray meets Pride and Prejudice, with a dash of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. New York City, 1882. Seventeen-year-old Natalie Stewart’s latest obsession is […] -
Moribito II: Guardian of the Darkness by Nahoko Uehashi – Review
Posted on October 18, 2011 | 4 CommentsBook Jacket: For many years, through countless fights, Balsa has survived. The evil King Rogsam tried to kill her when she was only six. Eight assassins pursued her in the […] -
The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan – Review
Posted on October 17, 2011 | 3 CommentsBook Jacket: Seven half-bloods shall answer the call, To storm or fire the world must fall. An oath to keep with a final breath, And foes bear arms to the […] -
Mastiff by Tamora Pierce – Advance Review
Posted on October 12, 2011 | 6 CommentsBook Description (from Tamora Pierce): In Mastiff, Beka and her partner Tunstall are put on the biggest case of their lives. Traveling along with Pounce, Achoo, a mage named Farmer, […] -
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit by Nahoko Uehashi – Review
Posted on October 11, 2011 | 6 CommentsBook Jacket: Above all, before everything, Balsa is a fighter. She protects children and adults, the rich and the poor, in a quest to redeem eight lives lost for her […] -
Vanished by Sheela Chari – Review
Posted on October 4, 2011 | 2 CommentsBook Jacket: Eleven-year-old Neela dreams of being a famous musician, performing for admiring crowds on her traditional Indian stringed instrument. Her particular instrument used to be her grandmother’s—made of warm, […] -
The Mark of the Golden Dragon by L.A. Meyer – Advance Review
Posted on October 3, 2011 | 2 CommentsBook Jacket: Jacky Faber, soldier, sailor, spy, and sometime pirate, condemned for life to the English prison colony in Australia for high crimes against the Crown, has once again wriggled […] -
Darkfall by Janice Hardy – Advance Review
Posted on September 29, 2011 | 2 CommentsBook Jacket: War has come. Nya’s the one who brought it. And the people love her for it. With Baseer in shambles and Geveg now an impenetrable military stronghold, Nya […]