Bibliography: Lee, Y.S. (2010, March). The Agency 1: A Spy in the House. Somerville, MA: 9780763640675
Plot Summary: Thief and housebreaker Mary Quinn is rescued from Old Bailey and educated at Miss Scrimshaw’s Academy for Girls for a chance at a better life. She tries her hand at several careers but is bored and uninspired. Two [...]
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 [...]
Bibliography: Kramer, Julie. (2008). Stalking Susan. New York: Doubleday. ISBN: 978-0385524766
Plot Summary: Riley Spartz, television news reporter in Minneapolis, just knows she has a ratings winner when a former homicide detective hands her two cold case files–two women named Susan murdered on the same day but different years. Riley knows they are connected and thinks [...]
Bibliography: Dolamore, Jacklyn. (2009). Magic Under Glass. New York: Bloomsbury. ISBN: 978-1599904306
Plot Summary: In her home country, Nimira’s mother was an artist, but after her death, Nimira leaves to look for better life. Instead, she finds herself singing and dancing in a low class music hall. That’s where she is discovered by the mysterious and [...]
03 Dec, 2009
Posted by: Susan In: Children's Lit| Teen Lit
The Anne books and all the short stories by L.M. Montgomery are all intertwined in my mind with the wonderful movies by Kevin Sullivan which I remember watching on PBS when they first came out. After that, I had to read all the Anne books, followed by the Emily books, the Story Girl, several other [...]