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Children’s Book Review: Up Cat
Title: Up Cat Author: Hazel Hutchins Illustrator: Fanny Publisher: Annick Press Pages: Board Book; 26 Source: NetGalley ————————————– Recommended to: Parents looking for read that promotes new vocabulary and easy repetition of those new words. Difficulty Level: Easy, with a few more advanced words thrown in (i.e., snarled). Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N You’d be surprised at what a cat gets up to all day! A cat can get tangled up in all kinds of fun and mischief between wake-up time and nap time. Follow along with the playful text as Cat laps up milk,…
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Book Review: Partials
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Partials Author: Dan Wells Publisher: Balzer + Bray Pages: Hardcover; 472 Release Date: February 28, 2012 Source: NetGalley —————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Language; Violence ——————————————- HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for dystopian novel that is a little bit different. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Humanity is all but extinguished after a war with partials–engineered organic beings identical to humans–has decimated the world’s population. Reduced to only tens of thousands by a weaponized virus to which only a fraction…
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Book Review: The Value of Rain
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Value of Rain Author: Brandon Shire Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 214 Release Date: November 30, 2011 Source: Author —————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Sexual Situations, Harsh Language —————————————- HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are comfortable with sexual situations and graphic language. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Charles is 14, and after being discovered with his first love he is forced into a mental hospital to cure his sexuality. For the next ten years he endures mental and physical torture as part…
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Book Review: Matchbox Girls
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Matchbox Girls Author: Chrysoula Tzavelas Publisher: Candlemark & Gleam Pages: Paperback; 326 Release Date: February 21, 2012 Source: Publisher —————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Language —————————————- HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a paranormal that is unique. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Marley Claviger is just trying to get her life together. Stumbling into an ancient conflict between celestial forces is going to make that a whole lot harder… When Marley wakes up to a phone call from a pair of terrified…
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Book Review: Undertow
Media Type: Ebook Title: Undertow Author: Callie Kingston Publisher: Carolwood Press Pages: Paperback; 230 Release Date: February 17, 2012 Source: Author ————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Language ————————————- HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are comfortable with characters who face difficult situations. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon Marissa can’t wait to leave behind her mom and the traumatic life they shared. With Drake, she has it all figured out–until she discovers his betrayal. She flees to a desolate beach on the wild Oregon coast hoping to escape her…
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Book Review: Life Eternal
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Life Eternal *Series: Dead Beautiful (Book 2) Author: Yvonne Wood Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Pages: Hardcover; 392 Release Date: January 24, 2012 Source: NetGalley ————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note. ————————————- HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who read and loved Dead Beautiful. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Renée Winters has changed. When she looks in the mirror, a beautiful girl with an older, sadder face stares back. Her condition has doctors mystified, but Renée can never reveal the truth: she died…
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Book Review: Trafficked
Media Type: Print Book Title: Trafficked Author: Kim Purcell Publisher: Viking Children’s Books Pages: Hardcover; 352 Release Date: February 16, 2012 Source: Publicity Company ————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Sexual situations; Violence ————————————— HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who aren’t afraid of a realistic and gritty read. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Hannah believes she’s being brought from Moldova to Los Angeles to become a nanny for a Russian family. But her American dream quickly spirals into a nightmare. The Platonovs force Hannah to work sixteen-hour days,…
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Book Review: The Nightmare Garden
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Nightmare Garden * Series: Iron Codex (Book 2) Author: Caitlin Kittredge Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 432 Release Date: February 14, 2012 Source: NetGalley ——————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence/Language ——————————————— HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who devoured the first book and were eagerly awaiting the next! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Everything Aoife thought she knew about the world was a lie. There is no Necrovirus. And Aoife isn’t going to succumb to madness because…
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Book Review: Slipping Reality
Media Type: Ebook Title: Slipping Reality Author: Emily Beaver Publisher: Authorhouse Pages: Paperback; 272 Release Date: July 11, 2011 Source: JKSCommunications ———————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note ———————————– HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good story about dealing with grief and loss. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N In a time of hardship and heartbreak, sometimes, reality just isn’t enough. Slipping Reality is the story of fourteen-year-old Katelyn Emerson, who, when faced with the glaring reality of her brother’s illness, rebels against the truth…
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Book Review: Forsaken Harbor
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Forsaken Harbor Author: Laura Kreitzer Publisher: Revolution Publishing Inc. Pages: Ebook; 228 Release Date: February 15, 2012 Source: Publisher ————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Violence; Mild Language ————————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoyed the first in the series, and also readers who crave a good action-packed read! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / B&N The Secret Clock Society has infiltrated every aspect of the government. You can’t hide from them, you can’t out run them—the only choice is to surrender or die fighting. Well,…