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 [...]
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 [...]
17 Sep, 2009
Posted by: Susan In: Teen Lit
Bibliography: Ness, Patrick. (September 2009). The Ask and the Answer. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press. ISBN: 978-0763644901
Plot Summary: When Todd and Viola’s desperate flight comes to an end in Haven, they do not find the sanctuary they were hoping for. Instead, they are met by their enemy, Mayor Prentiss who “welcomes” them to New Prentisstown. He [...]
11 Sep, 2009
Posted by: Susan In: Teen Lit
Bibliography: Hale, Shannon. (September 2009). Forest Born. New York: Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books. ISBN: 978-1599901671
Plot Summary: Rin is restless, she loves her mother and her extended family but she doesn’t feel at home in the forest with them anymore. When her city-dwelling brother Razo comes for a visit, she begs to go back with him. [...]
17 Aug, 2009
Posted by: Susan In: Teen Lit
Bibliography: George, Jessica Day. (2009). Princess of the Midnight Ball. New York: Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books. ISBN: 978-1599903224
Plot Summary: Princess Rose and her 11 sisters are exhausted and wearing through a pair of dancing shoes almost every night. But no one knows how or why. Others have tried to discover their secret with no success, [...]