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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 […] -
Icefall by Matthew J. Kirby – Advance Review
Posted on September 28, 2011 | 4 CommentsBook Jacket: Matthew J. Kirby, author of The Clockwork Three, deftly weaves a brand-new tale with chilling cleverness and subtle suspense that will leave readers racing breathlessly to the end. […] -
Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu – Advance Review
Posted on September 19, 2011 | 3 CommentsBook Jacket: Once upon a time, Hazel and Jack were best friends. They had been best friends since they were six, spending hot Minneapolis summers and cold Minneapolis winters together, […] -
The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson – Advance Review
Posted on September 12, 2011 | No CommentsBook Jacket: The day Louisiana teenager Rory Deveaux arrives in London marks a memorable occasion. For Rory, it’s the start of a new life at a London boarding school. But […] -
The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson – Advance Review
Posted on September 6, 2011 | 2 CommentsBook Jacket: Once a century, one person is chosen for greatness. Elisa is the chosen one. But she is also the younger of two princesses, the one who has never […]