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Book Review: Glimmer
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Glimmer Author: Phoebe Kitanidis Publisher: Balzer + Bray Pages: Hardcover; 352 Release Date: April 17, 2012 Source: The Teen Book Scene ————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ————————————- HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a good paranormal read with plenty of twists and turns! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N What if you forgot your identity and had to rely on other people to tell you who you were?And what if to discover your true self, you first had to…
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Book Review: The Mapmaker and the Ghost
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Mapmaker and the Ghost Author: Sarvenaz Tash Publisher: Walker Childrens Pages: Hardcover; 256 Release Date: April 24, 2012 Source: NetGalley ————————————– Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade Content Screening: Nothing of note ————————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Young readers looking for an adventure with a bit of a historical twist. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Goldenrod Moram loves nothing better than a good quest. Intrepid, curious, and full of a well-honed sense of adventure, she decides to start her own exploring team fashioned after her…
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Audio Book Review: The Whites of Their Eyes
Media Type: Audio Book Title: The Whites of Their Eyes *Series: Keepers of the School #3 Author: Andrew Clements Narrator: Keith Nobbs Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Format: Unabridged Compact Disc; 4 discs Release Date: February 21, 2012 Source: Audiobook Jukebox ———————————————– Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade / YA Content Screening: Nothing of note. ———————————————– Recommended to: Readers who love adventure! HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Andrew Clements delivers the latest in his adventure-filled school series. This could be the last great Memorial Day weekend on Barclay Bay, and…
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Book Review: The Age of Miracles
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: The Age of Miracles Author: Karen Thompson Walker Pages: Paperback; 288 Publisher: Random House Release Date: June 26, 2012 Source: TLC Book Tours —————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note. —————————————– HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who like realistic fiction, coming of age stories, and dystopian reads. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N On a seemingly ordinary Saturday in a California suburb, 11-year-old Julia and her family awake to discover, along with the rest of the world, that the rotation of…
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Book Review: Heirs of Prophecy
Media Type: Print Book Title: Heirs of Prophecy *Series: Prophecies Series #1 Author: Michael A. Rothman Publisher: M&S Publishing L.L.C. Pages: Hardcover; 368 Release Date: April 3, 2012 Source: TLC Book Tours ———————————— Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade / Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ———————————— HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Middle grade readers, or lower YA readers, who enjoy an adventurous fantasy story. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N The Riverton family had been enjoying a simple summer vacation when, through a fluke of nature, they found themselves in a strange…
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Book Review: The Tube Riders
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Tube Riders Author: Chris Ward Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 516 Release Date: March 19, 2012 Source: Author ————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Violence; Adult Language ————————————- HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a fast-paced story with great characters. Must also be okay with adult language, and some violence in their reads. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon Beneath the dark streets of London they played a dangerous game with trains. Now it is their only chance for survival… Mega Britain in 2075 is a…
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Book Review: Dead Beautiful
Media Type: Print Book Title: Dead Beautiful Author: Melanie Dugan Publisher: Upstart Press Pages: Paperback; 165 Release Date: May 2012 Source: TLC Book Tours ————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Language; Sexual Language ————————————- HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Lovers of Greek mythology, and especially those who enjoy a good twist on what they already know. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon Dead Beautiful is a contemporary retelling of the classic Greek myth of Persephone. This was the myth the Greeks used to explain how we came to have the change…
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Book Review: Freshman Year and Other Unnatural Disasters
Media Type: Ebook Title: Freshman Year & Other Unnatural Disasters Author: Meredith Zeitlin Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Pages: Hardcover; 288 Release Date: March 1, 2012 Source: Author —————————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Language —————————————————– HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Everyone! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Kelsey Finkelstein is fourteen and FRUSTRATED. Every time she tries to live up to her awesome potential, her plans are foiled – by her impossible parents, her annoying little sister, and life in general. But with her first day of high school…
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Book Review: Intangible
Media Type: Ebook Title: Intangible *Series: Intangible #1 Author: J. Meyers Publisher: Self-published Pages: Ebook; 264 Release Date: January 31, 2012 Source: Author ————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note. ————————————— HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Everyone, especially those who enjoy a good mixture of elements in their story. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Twins Sera and Luke Raine have a well-kept secret—she heals with a touch of her hand, he sees the future. All their lives they’ve helped those in need on the sly. They’ve…
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Book Review: Caged Moon
Media Type: Print Book Title: Caged Moon *Series: Caged Moon #1 Author: Rachel Deagan Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 250 Release Date: May 8, 2012 Source: Autumn Review Book Tours —————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note —————————————— HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good twist in their paranormal romance. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Haunted by an animal attack, seventeen year old Charlotte feels she is being followed. When she runs into a mysterious boy while camping, she’s afraid. Nothing seems right about…