03 Aug, 2010
Posted by: Susan In: Teen Lit
Bibliography: George, Jessica Day. (2010). Princess of Glass. New York: Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books. ISBN: 9781599904788
Plot Summary: After the curse that forces Poppy and her sisters to dance night after night in Princess of the Midnight Ball was broken, she decides she has had enough of dancing and balls, thank you very much. When she [...]
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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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Bibliography: Turgeon, Carolyn. (2009). Godmother: The Secret Cinderella Story. New York: Three Rivers Press. ISBN: 978-0307407993
Plot Summary: You just think you know the real Cinderella story. What if the fairy chosen to be Cinderella’s godmother was not old but young? What if she had sneaked into the palace and fallen for the prince herself? What [...]
30 Sep, 2009
Posted by: Susan In: Teen Lit
Bibliography: Lo, Malinda. (2009). Ash. New York: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. ISBN: 9780316040099
Plot Summary: Having lost first her mother and and then her father to a mysterious illness, broken-hearted Ash is forced to do her stepmother’s bidding, but longs to return to the woods near her family home and dreams of being captured [...]
DiCamillo, Kate, and Timothy B. Ering. 2003. The tale of Despereaux: being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread. Cambridge, Mass: Candlewick Press. ISBN: 0763617229.
Plot Summary:
Despereaux Tilling was a very small mouse with huge ears whose mother was surprised to see him live past birth. His older siblings [...]