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Wonderer
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Seeing Redd by Frank Beddor
The second book in Beddor’s Looking Glass Trilogy, Seeing Redd begins almost immediately where the first book ended. We find...
 
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Wonderer
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The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
In 1865, Reverend Charles Dodgson (aka: Lewis Carroll) published a little nonsense story for Alice Liddell. It was heralded a...
 
Melissa Wiley
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The Long Winter: Cold Comfort; Or, In Which I Don't Even Try To Fight The Metaphor
Welcome to 'Fine Lines', the Friday feature in which we give a sentimental, sometimes-critical, far more wizened look at the children's and YA books we loved in our youth. This week, writer / reviewer / blogger Lizzie Skurnick reads 'The Long...
 
Wonderer
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Stealing Heaven by Elizabeth Scott
Danielle (aka: Helen, Sydney, Hortense, and any other name that might fit the need) is a thief, just like her mother and...
 
aBw
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Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Little Brother Author: Cory DoctorowReading level: Young AdultHardcover: 384 pagesPublisher: Tor...
 
Josette
Josette posted a blog entry
Teen Read Week 2008
Since Teen Read Week is next week and this is the first time I've heard about it, I might just as well write something about...
4 days ago Books Love Me... | Topics: young adult
 
Wonderer
Wonderer posted a blog entry
Anatomy Of A Boyfriend by Daria Snadowsky
You will read many reviews warning you that Anatomy Of A Boyfriend is sexually explicit. They’ll mention masturbation and...
 
Joana
Joana posted a blog entry
Night World No.1 by L.J. Smith
Night World No.1Secret Vampire, Daughters of Darkness, and Spellbinderby L.J. SmithThis is the first set in the newly...
 
Alisa E
Alisa E posted a blog entry
After twilight:My take on the book by Stephenie Meyer
It was late Friday evening when my friend Boots IM’d me and gushed about this really great “Harry...
6 days ago Thumbbook | Topics: Blogging, Thoughts, book, internet
 
Mindy
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Learning to Read through Video Games
Increasingly, books for children and young adults are being released with related video games. Since 97 percent of children ages 12 to 17 play computer and video games, this seems like a surefire to draw at least some reluctant readers into books. But...
 
T
T posted a blog entry
The Fruit of My Lipstick
Top 5 Clues That He’s The One:1. He’s smart, which is why he’s dating you and not the snob mob.2. He knows...
 
Mrs S
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Book Review | Cathy’s Book by Stewart Weisman Brigg
Cathy's Book isn't your usual 'words on a page' kind of book; it's presented as a journal documenting Cathy's detective...
 
Live Fit Blog
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Accepting The Need For A Healthy Lifestyle
There’s a great post over at Get Fit Slowly about an encounter with a fit 72-year old neighbor who eschews the entire...
 
T
T posted a blog entry
It’s All About Us
Somethings you just know without being told, like…You past the math final (or you didn’t).Your boyfriend...
 
Superfast Reader
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Impossible by Nancy Werlin
Synopsis:A young woman discovers that she is cursed to go mad on the birth of her first child unless she can complete three...
 
Sybil
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REVIEW: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Liviania's review of Breaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerYoung Adult paranormal fiction released by Little, Brown Young Readers 2...
 
Mike
Mike posted a blog entry
Jenny Downham - Interview Part 2 of 2
The View From Here Interview:Jenny Downhamby JenIn Part One of the interview we discussed its research, writing and...
 
KittyCat
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Peculiar Chris by Johann S. Lee
Even today, homosexuality is a sensitive topic in Asia thus when this Singaporean novel was found among the pile of my...
10 days ago Right Reads | Topics: young adult, homosexuality
 
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T posted a blog entry
The Miracle Girls
Meet The Miracle Girls of Half Moon Bay…They make look ordinary, but each one is living out her second chance at...
 
Joana
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In the Forests of the Night by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
In the Forests of the Nightby Amelia Atwater-RhodesIn the Forests of the Night, Atwater-Rhodes’ first novel, which was...
11 days ago The Symposium | Topics: Horror, Young Adult, tiger, triste
 
Northislandmama
Northislandmama posted a blog entry
Beakers KidScience - Alternative Energy
I’m a science geek…and I’m good with that.So, as we wrap up with Jeanne DuPrau’s blog book tour for...
 
Mike
Mike posted a blog entry
Jenny Downham - Interview part 1 of 2
The View From Here Interview:Jenny Downhamby JenBefore I Die by Jenny Downham, edited by David Fickling and published by David...
 
Mrs S
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Book Review | Anne’s House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery
After the disappointing Anne of Windy Willows, I was slightly reticent to pick this one up -- but Montgomery has returned to...
 
Northislandmama
Northislandmama posted a blog entry
An Interview With Jeanne DuPrau
I love talking with other writers, getting a bit of insight into how their creative brains work and how they pull everything...
 
Northislandmama
Northislandmama posted a blog entry
Tween Reads - Jeanne DuPrau’s Diamond of Darkhold
For a long time, parents with older kiddos have asked me to offer up book reviews for the tween crowd. We read and read, and...
 
Mike
Mike posted a blog entry
Before I Die
by JenBefore I Dieby Jenny DownhamPublisher: David Fickling Books, a division of Random House Children's BooksFollowing on...
 
LK Gardner-Griffie
LK Gardner-Griffie posted a blog entry
Upgrade to Griffie World
Me and my bright ideas. I keep coming up with ideas that seem to entail a whole lot of work on my part. I am going to have to...
 
Jodi
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Playing with your food
Bella Swan, the new girl in school, is brave — albeit clumsy — a misfit who smells like freesia and has the high...
 
Wonderer
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Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
Is Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson a story of the American Revolution, a story of slavery's injustice, or a story of a young...
 
Mindy
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The Patron Saint of Butterflies: Cecilia Galante
Book: The Patron Saint of Butterflies Author: Cecilia GalantePages: 304Age Range: 12 and up Cecilia Galante's debut novel, The Patron Saint of Butterflies, has been on my radar (and on my bookshelf) for several months now. I finally sat down to read...
 
evo_terra
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Grizelda is COMPLETE!
Margaret R. Taylor is a serialized audiobook machine. On September 15th, we started releasing her Young Adult fantasy tale with...
19 days ago Podiobooker | Topics: Author News, french..., goblin, grizelda
 
CTMiller
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Grizelda is COMPLETE!
Margaret R. Taylor is a serialized audiobook machine. On September 15th, we started releasing her Young Adult fantasy tale with...
 
Sybil
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REVIEW: I’d Tell You I Love You but Then I’d Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
Liviania's review of I'd Tell You I Love You but Then I'd Have to Kill You (Gallagher Girls, Book One) by Ally...
 
Lisa Boo
Lisa Boo posted a blog entry
Sold
Sold by Patricia McCormick is the story of Lakshmi, a thirteen-year-old Nepalese girl. Thinking that she is going to work in...
20 days ago Bunag's Books | Topics: fiction, young adult
 
Mike
Mike posted a blog entry
Young Adult Reading (and Writing) Guidance. An Interview with Nikki Heath. Part 1 of 2.
by JenThe View From Here Interview:Nikki HeathEd Balls, the UK Government Children's Minister, is quoted in an article by...
 
evo_terra
evo_terra posted a blog entry
The Prophet of Panamindorah, Book II Wolflings and Wizards
Hot on the heels of of the first book, Abigail Hilton today releases her second book in the series, The Prophet of...
 
CTMiller
CTMiller posted a blog entry
The Prophet of Panamindorah, Book II Wolflings and Wizards
Hot on the heels of of the first book, Abigail Hilton today releases her second book in the series, The Prophet of...
 
LK Gardner-Griffie
LK Gardner-Griffie posted a blog entry
Forum woes resolved
I was able to figure out the problems with Guest access to the poll and at the same time resolved the issue I had with the...
 
Amber
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256) Untamed by P. C. & Kristin Cast
With her friends mad at her, Zoey is feeling pretty lonely. It has only been a few days since she lost all of her three...
 
Literanista
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Superfast Reader
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Sweethearts by Sara Zarr
Synopsis:Jenna thought her childhood best friend Cameron was dead, but when he shows up at her high school 8 years later, she...
 
Ruth
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New Releases: Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
Bookstores across the country are gearing up for the midnight release of Brisingr, the third installment of Christopher...
 
Superfast Reader
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The Miracle Girls by Anne Dayton and May Vanderbilt
Synopsis:New girl Ana struggles with overprotective parents who push her to succeed, but when she winds up in detention she...
 
Big Simon
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It All Comes Back
My dear and loving Incredible Wife and I have been talking, for some time, about writing; not just writing blog posts, but...
 
Superfast Reader
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City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (The Mortal Instruments, Book 1)
Synopsis:A teenage girl discovers that she comes from a lineage of demon hunters, and finds herself drawn into the ongoing...
 
LK Gardner-Griffie
LK Gardner-Griffie posted a blog entry
Finally on track . . .or not
Well, it has been a little bit of a technical curve, but I think we are finally on track. The first poll that I posted...