Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Publish Date: October 2nd, 2012 Source: ARC Goodreads Rating: 3/5 Apples Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Evening Spiker lives an affluent life in San Francisco with her mother, EmmaRose, a successful geneticist and owner of Spiker Biotech. Sure, Evening misses her father who died mysteriously, but she’s never really questioned it. Much like how she’s […]
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Review: Plague by Michael Grant
Publisher: Katherine Tegan Books Publish Date: April 5th, 2011 Source: Purchased Goodreads Rating: 4/5 Flying Snakes Synopsis: It’s been eight months since all the adults disappeared. GONE. They’ve survived hunger. They’ve survived lies. But the stakes keep rising, and the dystopian horror keeps building. Yet despite the simmering unrest left behind by so many battles, […]
Read the rest of this entry »Minder- Kate Kaynak
Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Maddie Dunn is special, but she needs to figure out how to use her new abilities before somebody else gets hurt. Ganzfield is a secret training facility full of people like her, but it’s not exactly a nurturing place. Every social interaction carries the threat of mind-control. A stray thought can burn a building […]
Read the rest of this entry »The Giver- Lois Lowry
Synopsis: Jonas’s world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear or pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the Community. When Jonas turns twelve, he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of the true pain and […]
Read the rest of this entry »Time Cat- Lloyd Alexander
Synopsis: Gareth’s definitely no ordinary cat. For one thing, he can talk. For another, he’s got the power to travel through time. And the instant he tells this to Jason, the two of them are in ancient Egypt, on the first of nine amazing adventures that Jason will never forget. -Goodreads Review: Time Cat is about […]
Read the rest of this entry »The Secret of the Old Clock- Caroline Keene
Synopsis: In the first book of the classic series, Nancy Drew uses her wit and deductive skills to search for a missing will that could help a lot of people. Review: Going into my reread of ‘The Secret of the Old Clock’, the first book in the Nancy Drew series, I didn’t realize just how long […]
Read the rest of this entry »The Phantom Tollbooth- Norton Juster
Synopsis: For Milo, everything’s a bore. When a tollbooth mysteriously appears in his room, he drives through only because he’s got nothing better to do. But on the other side, things seem different. Milo visits the island of Conclusions (you get there by jumping), learns about time from a ticking watchdog named Tock, and even embarks […]
Read the rest of this entry »False Memory- Dan Krokos
Synopsis: Miranda wakes up alone on a park bench with no memory. In her panic, she releases a mysterious energy that incites pure terror in everyone around her. Except Peter, a boy who isn’t at all surprised by Miranda’s shocking ability. Left with no choice but to trust this stranger, Miranda discovers she was trained to […]
Read the rest of this entry »Speechless- Hannah Harrington
Synopsis: Everyone knows that Chelsea Knot can’t keep a secret. Until now. Because the last secret she shared turned her into a social outcast—and nearly got someone killed. Now Chelsea has taken a vow of silence—to learn to keep her mouth shut, and to stop hurting anyone else. And if she thinks keeping secrets is […]
Read the rest of this entry »Cursed- Jennifer L. Armentrout
Synopsis: Dying sucks–and high school senior Ember McWilliams knows firsthand. After a fatal car accident, her gifted little sister brought her back. Now anything Ember touches dies. And that, well, really blows. Ember operates on a no-touch policy with all living things–including boys. When Hayden Cromwell shows up, quoting Oscar Wilde and claiming her curse […]
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