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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 [...]

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.  [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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