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Book Review: The Chosen
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: The Chosen Author: Andrea Buginsky Publisher: Solstice Pages: Ebook; 113 Release Date: December 14, 2010 Source: Author/TBS ===================== Intended Reading Group: Upper Middle Grade/Young Adult Content Screening: Fantasy violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart A young dwarf leads a quiet life until she learns of her true calling and becomes a hero of her world. Halli, a shy young dwarf, discovers she’s a Holy Paladin with the power to heal. She learns of this from Queen Laurali of the Elves, who has come to see Halli after the villages of their world, Phantasma,…
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Book Review: The Misadventures of PIP
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: The Misadventures of PIP Author: Donna Peterson Publisher: Bonneville Pages: Paperback; 96 Release Date: June 14, 2011 Source: NetGalley =================== Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade/Young Adult Content Screening: None HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Pip, whose real name is Phillip Isaac Penn, feels that the world is against him as he struggles to deal with angry parents, a bossy older sister, a frazzled teacher, and memorable characters such as Bully Bart, Cheater Chaz, Know-It-All Nell, Liar Lizzy, Stealer Steffan, Conman Cody, and Tattle-Tale Tess. Every day of the week brings another challenge that…
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Book Review: Forgotten
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: Forgotten Author: Cat Patrick Publisher: Little, Brown Pages: Hardcover; 304 Release Date: June 7, 2011 Source: Publisher/TBS ===================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing to report! HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Each night when 16 year-old London Lane goes to sleep, her whole world disappears. In the morning, all that’s left is a note telling her about a day she can’t remember. The whole scenario doesn’t exactly make high school or dating that hot guy whose name she can’t seem to recall any easier. But when London starts experiencing disturbing visions…
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Book Review: Flying Blind (The Dragon Diaries #1)
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: Flying Blind Author: Deborah Cooke Publisher: New American Library Pages: Paperback; 336 Release Date: June 7, 2011 Source: Publisher/TBS ======================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Zoë Sorensson is perfectly normal, except she’s been told she’s destined for great things. Zoë’s the one female dragon shapeshifter of her kind. But Zoë is at the bottom of the class when it comes to being Pyr and her powers are AWOL, so she’s sent to a Pyr boot camp. Zoë quickly realizes that she has to master…
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Book Review: The Sext Crime
Media Type: Book Title: CYA 2: The Sext Crime Author: Jason Ancona Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 280 Release Date: February 27, 2011 Source: Author ====================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Do awesome dance moves count? HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart SNAP–a girl sexts racy pics of herself. She thought the fun shots would stay between her and her boyfriend. SNAP–an anonymous hacker hijacks her photos. If she doesn’t obey, she’ll be exposed. SNAP–the Covert Youth Agency takes the girl’s case. The agents jump headfirst into Operation: Sext Crime. Their new client has less than a week…
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Book Review: She Loves You, She Loves You Not
Media Type: Book Title: She Loves You, She Loves You Not Author: Julie Anne Peters Publisher: Little, Brown Pages: Hardcover; 288 Release Date: June 1, 2011 Source: Publisher/TBS ======================= Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Sexual situations; Language HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Seventeen-year-old Alyssa thought she knew who she was. She had her family, her best friends, and most importantly, she had Sarah. Sarah, her girlfriend, with whom she dreamed with about the day they could move far away and live out and proud and accepted for themselves, instead of having to hide their relationship. Alyssa…
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Book Review: The Summer of May
Tweet Media Type: Book Title: The Summer of May Author: Cecilia Galante Publisher: Aladdin Pages: Hardcover; 256 Release Date: April 26, 2011 Source: GalleyGrab ==================== Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade/Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing to report. HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Galante’s bittersweet story of a troubled 13-year-old stars spunky Maeve (May) O’Toole, who holds a lot of grudges. May’s most recent target is her English teacher, “Movado the Avocado,” who she blames for having to repeat English in summer school. Spending her mornings prepping and painting the classroom wall she defaced during the school year and doing…
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Book Review: Unearthly
Media Type: Book Title: Unearthly Author: Cynthia Hand Publisher: HarperTeen Pages: Hardcover; 435 Release Date: January 4, 2011 Source: NetGalley ===================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart In the beginning, there’s a boy standing in the trees… Clara Gardner has recently learned that she’s part angel. Having angel blood run through her veins not only makes her smarter, stronger, and faster than humans (a word, she realizes, that no longer applies to her), but it means she has a purpose, something she was put on this earth to do.…
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Book Review: OyMG
Media Type: Book Title: OyMG Author: Amy Fellner Dominy Publisher: Walker & Company Pages: Hardcover; 256 Release Date: May 10, 2011 Source: Author/TBS ===================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing! HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Jewish girl. Christian camp. Holy moly. Ellie Taylor loves nothing better than a good argument. So when she gets accepted to the Christian Society Speech and Performing Arts summer camp, she’s sure that if she wins the final tournament, it’ll be her ticket to a scholarship to the best speech school in the country. Unfortunately, the competition at CSSPA is hot-literally.…
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Book Review: With or Without You
Media Type: Book Title: With or Without You Author: Brian Farrey Publisher: Simon Pulse Pages: Paperback; 368 Release Date: May 24, 2011 Source: Publisher/TBS ===================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: violence; mild language; sexual scenarios HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Eighteen year-old Evan and his best friend, Davis, get beaten up for being loners. For being gay. For just being themselves. But as rough as things often seem, at least Evan can take comfort in his sweet, sexy boyfriend Erik–whom he’s kept secret from everyone for almost a year. Then Evan and Davis are recruited to…