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31 Aug, 2010

Review: Extraordinary

Posted by: Susan In: Teen Lit

Bibliography: Werlin, Nancy. (September 2010).  Extraordinary.  New York: Dial. ISBN: 9780803733725
Plot Summary:  Ordinary Phoebe meets extraordinary Mallory in seventh grade, and they become better than best friends, inseparable.  Years later when Phoebe meets Mallory’s brother, Ryland, she falls for him hard only slowly coming to realize that neither Mallory or Ryland are exactly what they [...]

Last week I woke up before 4:00 am and got in my car to drive to Disney World and the Dolphin and Swan Resort.  What would make me do such a thing?  The Romance Writers’ of America annual conference and their wonder Librarians’ Day.  I had attended a few years ago when they were in [...]

20 Jul, 2010

Review: Sisters Red

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 [...]

08 Jun, 2010

Review: Thief Eyes

Posted by: Susan In: Teen Lit

Bibliography: Simner, Janni Lee.  (2010).  Thief Eyes. New York: Random House Books For Young Readers.  ISBN: 9780375866708
Plot Summary:  Hoping to figure out what happened, sixteen year old Haley forced her father to bring her to the exact spot in Iceland where her mother disappeared a year ago.  Instead of her mother, Haley finds an ancient [...]

15 May, 2010

Review: The Forest of Hands and Teeth

Posted by: Susan In: Teen Lit

Bibliography: Ryan, Carrie. (2009). The Forest of Hands and Teeth. New York: Delacorte Books for Young Readers.  ISBN: 978-0385736817 (hardcover) 978-0385736824 (paperback)
Plot Summary:  Mary feels trapped–her life is lived within a tall metal fence to keep out the Unconsecrated.  Girls either get married and have babies or join the religious village protectorate called the Sisterhood.  [...]


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