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The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon – Review
Posted on February 28, 2011 | No CommentsBook Jacket: All three novels in this epic trilogy, Sheepfarmer’s Daughter, Divided Allegiance, and Oath of Gold, appear in the omnibus edition, Deed of Parksenarrion. Paksenarrion Dorthansdotter, headstrong daughter of a sheep farmer on […] -
The Weed that Strings the Hangman’s Bag by Alan Bradley – Review
Posted on February 25, 2011 | 1 CommentBook Jacket: From Dagger Award–winning and internationally bestselling author Alan Bradley comes this utterly beguiling mystery starring one of fiction’s most remarkable sleuths: Flavia de Luce, a dangerously brilliant eleven-year-old […] -
Clarity by Kim Harrington – Advance Review
Posted on February 23, 2011 | No CommentsBook Jacket: When you can see things others can’t, where do you look for the truth? This paranormal murder mystery will have teens reading on the edge of their seats. […] -
Outside In by Maria V. Snyder – Review
Posted on February 21, 2011 | No Comments— WARNING! This review contains SPOILERS for Inside Out — Book Jacket: Me? A leader? Okay, I did prove that there’s more to Inside than we knew. That a whole world exists beyond […] -
Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart by Candace Fleming – Review
Posted on February 16, 2011 | 2 CommentsBook Jacket: From the acclaimed author of The Great and Only Barnum—as well as The Lincolns, Our Eleanor, and Ben Franklin’s Almanac—comes the thrilling story of America’s most celebrated flyer, Amelia Earhart. In […] -
Darkness Becomes Her by Kelly Keaton – Advance Review
Posted on February 15, 2011 | No CommentsBook Jacket: Ari can’t help feeling lost and alone. With teal eyes and freakish silver hair that can’t be changed or destroyed, Ari has always stood out. And after growing […] -
Tortall and Other Lands by Tamora Pierce – Advance Review
Posted on February 11, 2011 | No CommentsBook Jacket: Collected here for the first time are all of the tales from the land of Tortall, featuring both previously unknown characters as well as old friends. Filling some […] -
Pale Demon by Kim Harrison – Advance Review
Posted on February 9, 2011 | 1 CommentBook Jacket: Condemned to death for black magic and shunned, Rachel Morgan has three days to somehow get to the annual witches convention in San Francisco and clear her name. […] -
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley – Review
Posted on February 7, 2011 | 2 CommentsBook Jacket: It is the summer of 1950–and at the once-grand mansion of Buckshaw, young Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, is intrigued by a […] -
Desires of the Dead by Kimberly Derting – Advance Review
Posted on February 2, 2011 | No CommentsBook Jacket: The missing dead call to Violet. They want to be found. Violet can sense the echoes of those who’ve been murdered—and the matching imprint that clings to their […]