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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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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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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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: Flynn, Gillian. (2006). Sharp Objects. New York: Crown Publishing Group. ISBN: 978-0307341549
Plot Summary: With every fiber of her being protesting, newspaper reporter Camille Preaker returns home to Wind Gap, Missouri to get the scoop for her third rate newspaper on the kidnapping and murder of two little girls. Not exactly the return of the [...]
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