09 Mar, 2010
Posted by: Susan In: Teen Lit
Bibliography: Lee, Y.S. (2010, March). The Agency 1: A Spy in the House. Somerville, MA: 9780763640675
Plot Summary: Thief and housebreaker Mary Quinn is rescued from Old Bailey and educated at Miss Scrimshaw’s Academy for Girls for a chance at a better life. She tries her hand at several careers but is bored and uninspired. Two [...]
02 Mar, 2010
Posted by: Susan In: Teen Lit
Bibliography: Harvey, Alyxandra. (2010). Hearts at Stake: The Drake Chronicles. New York: Walker Books for Young Readers. ISBN: 978-0802720740
Plot Summary: What Solange really wants is for everyone to leave her alone. Almost sixteen, she prefers throwing pots and spending time with her best friend Lucy to field parties and boys. No ordinary teen, Solange is [...]
03 Feb, 2010
Posted by: Susan In: Teen Lit
Bibliography: Dolamore, Jacklyn. (2009). Magic Under Glass. New York: Bloomsbury. ISBN: 978-1599904306
Plot Summary: In her home country, Nimira’s mother was an artist, but after her death, Nimira leaves to look for better life. Instead, she finds herself singing and dancing in a low class music hall. That’s where she is discovered by the mysterious and [...]
The Anne books and all the short stories by L.M. Montgomery are all intertwined in my mind with the wonderful movies by Kevin Sullivan which I remember watching on PBS when they first came out. After that, I had to read all the Anne books, followed by the Emily books, the Story Girl, several other [...]
11 Nov, 2009
Posted by: Susan In: Teen Lit
Bibliography: Slade, Arthur. (September 2009). The Hunchback Assignments. New York: Random House Children’s Books. ISBN: 9780385737845
Plot Summary: Mr. Socrates rescued Modo from traveling freak show when he was just a baby. He recognized his special morphological skill, and had him trained as an agent for his secret society in Victorian London. Together with another teen [...]