25 Aug, 2010
Posted by: Susan In: Teen Lit
Bibliography: Gill, David Macinnis. (August 2010). Black Hole Sun. New York: Greenwillow Books. ISBN: 978-0061673047
Plot Summary: Durango is the chief of a small band of mercenaries who live by their own code of behavior on dystopian Mars. Joining Durango to defend a community of miners from the cannabalistic Draeu are second in command Vienne, mercenaries [...]
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As mentioned briefly here, I am joining Amber at The Literary Wife in an informal reading challenge of sorts as we read and blog our way through the top 100 children’s books as voted on by readers of Elizabeth Bird’s A Fuse #8 Production.
Lindgren, Astrid. Pippi [...]
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top 100 children's books
As mentioned briefly here, I am joining Amber at The Literary Wife in an informal reading challenge of sorts as we read and blog our way through the top 100 children’s books as voted on by readers of Elizabeth Bird’s A Fuse #8 Production.
Dahl, Roald. (1983). [...]
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top 100 children's books,
witches
23 Jul, 2010
Posted by: Susan In: Teen Lit
Bibliography: Kling, Heidi. (2010). Sea. New York: Putnam Juvenile. ISBN: 9780399251634
Plot Summary: Fifteen year old Sienna is being forced to face her fears by her father when he insists she accompany his disaster relief team to tsunami wracked Indonesia. She hasn’t been on a plane or near the ocean since her mother died flying a [...]
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indonesia,
reviews,
romance
20 Jul, 2010
Posted by: Susan In: Teen Lit
Bibliography: Pearce, Jackson. (2010). Sisters Red. New York: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. ISBN: 9780316068680
Plot Summary: The only thing that Scarlett March loves more than her sister Rosie is hunting and killing the Fernis or werewolves. As children, a werewolf killed their grandmother and took Scarlett’s eye as she defended and protected Rosie. With [...]
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