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11 Nov, 2009

Review: The Hunchback Assignments

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 [...]

23 Oct, 2009

Review: In the Path of Falling Objects

Posted by: Susan In: Teen Lit

Bibliography:  Smith, Andrew.  (September 2009).  In the Path of Falling Objects.  New York: Fewiel and Friends.  ISBN: 9780312375584
Plot Summary:  Jonah and Simon are on a road trip, but it isn’t a teenage lark.  Abandoned by their mother, out of food and water, they pack the little precious possessions they own and set out across the [...]

02 Jun, 2009

Review: Let’s Do Nothing

Posted by: Susan In: Children's Lit

Bibliography:  Fucile, Tony.  (2009).  Let’s Do Nothing.  Somervlle, MA: Candlewick Press.  ISBN: 9780763634407
Review:  I don’t usually review picture books, but when this one showed up in my mailbox, I was so tickled by it that I wanted to share it with just about everyone I know.  (My mom has already gone out and bought a [...]

20 Feb, 2009

Review: Swim the Fly

Posted by: Susan In: Teen Lit

Bibliography:  Calame, Don. April, 2009. Swim the Fly.  Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press.  ISBN:978-0763641573
Plot Summary:  15 year old Matt and his two best friends are excited about this summer.  Every year they set a new goal to reach, and this year its a doozy–to see a real-live naked girl even though none of them have ever [...]


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