Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Publish Date: October 1st, 2012 Source: ARC Goodreads Rating: 3/5 Peanut Butter Sandwiches Synopsis: Samantha didn’t mean to hurt anyone. She was just trying to fit in… And she wanted to make Zee a little jealous… But now things will never be the same unless she can find a reason to start living again. -Goodreads […]
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Review: The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
Publisher: Harlequin Teen Publish Date: February 1st, 2010 Source: Purchased Goodreads Rating: 3/5 Packrats Synopsis: Meghan Chase has a secret destiny; one she could never have imagined. Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan’s life, ever since her father disappeared before her eyes when she was six. She has never quite fit in at school or […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: Crewel by Gennifer Albin
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publish Date: October 16th, 2012 Source: BEA ARC Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Spinsters Synopsis: Gifted with the ability to weave time with matter, she’s exactly what the Guild is looking for, and in the world of Arras, being chosen as a Spinster is everything a girl could want. It means privilege, eternal beauty, […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: Rage Within by Jeyn Roberts
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers Publish Date: September 4th, 2012 Source: Purchased Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Baggers Synopsis: Aries, Clementine, Michael, and Mason have survived the first wave of the apocalypse that wiped out most of the world’s population and turned many of the rest into murderous Baggers. Now they’re hiding out in an abandoned […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books Publish Date: March 27th, 2007 Source: Purchased Goodreads Rating: 3/5 Shadowhunters Synopsis: When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder — much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: Scored by Lauren McLaughlin
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Publish Date: October 25, 2011 Source: Library Goodreads Rating: 5/5 College Acceptance Letters Synopsis: Set in the future when teenagers are monitored via camera and their recorded actions and confessions plugged into a computer program that determines their ability to succeed. All kids given a “score” that determines their […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: The Exceptionals by Erin Cashman
Publisher: Holiday House Inc. Publish Date: February 1st, 2012 Source: ARC Goodreads Rating: 3/5 Hawks Synopsis: Born into a famous family of exceptionally talented people, 15-year-old Claire Walker has deliberately chosen to live an average life. But everything changes the night of the Spring Fling, when her parents decide it’s high time she transferred to Cambial Academy–the […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: Promised by Caragh O’Brien
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press Publish Date: October 2nd, 2012 Source: ARC Goodreads Rating: 3/5 Birthmarks Synopsis: After defying the ruthless Enclave, surviving the wasteland, and upending the rigid matriarchy of Sylum, Gaia Stone now faces her biggest challenge ever. She must lead the people of Sylum back to the Enclave and persuade the Protectorat to grant them […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: One for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Publisher: Penguin Group for Young Readers Publish Date: May 10th, 2012 Source: Purchased Goodreads Rating: 4/5 Foster Kids Synopsis: Carley uses humor and street smarts to keep her emotional walls high and thick. But the day she becomes a foster child, and moves in with the Murphys, she’s blindsided. This loving, bustling family shows Carley the stable […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: What’s Left of Me by Kat Zhang
Publisher: HarperCollins Publish Date: September 18th, 2012 Source: Purchased Goodreads Rating: 4/5 Secret Twins Synopsis: What’s Left of Me tells the story of a fifteen-year-old girl fighting for her right to survive in a world where two souls are born into each body and one is doomed to disappear. Pitched as The Golden Compass meets Girl, Interrupted. Eva and Addie started […]
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