Tag: YA
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This is a Five Star Review: The Carnival at Bray by Jessie Ann Foley
The Carnival At Bray by Jessie Ann Foley Released: January 2014 Publisher: Elephant Rock Productions, Inc. Age Group: Young Adult Add to Goodreads ★★★★★ Synopsis: It’s 1993, and Generation X pulses to the beat of Kurt Cobain and the grunge movement. Sixteen-year-old Maggie Lynch is uprooted from big-city Chicago to a windswept town on the…
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These Broken Stars is Outta This World!
These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner Released: December 2013 Publisher: Disney Hyperion Add to Goodreads ★★★★☆ Synopsis: Luxury spaceliner Icarus suddenly plummets from hyperspace into the nearest planet. Lilac LaRoux and Tarver Merendsen survive — alone. Lilac is the daughter of the richest man in the universe. Tarver comes from nothing, a…
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Ten Things We Did (and Probably Shouldn’t Have) by Sarah Mlynowski
Ten Things We Did (and Probably Shouldn’t Have) by Sarah Mlynowski Released: June 2011 Publisher: Harper Teen Add to Goodreads ★★☆☆☆ Synopsis: When April’s dad relocates to Cleveland, April begs to move in with her friend Vi instead of leave behind everything that is comfortable to her, especially her boyfriend Noah. April’s dad agrees to…
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Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick #Review
Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick Released: May, 2012 Publisher: Balzer + Bray Add to Goodreads ★★★☆☆ Synopsis: Based on the true story of Cambodian advocate Arn Chorn-Pond, and authentically told from his point of view as a young boy, this is an achingly raw and powerful historical novel about a child of war who…
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The Exiled Queen by Cinda Williams Chima Review
The Exiled Queen by Cinda Williams Chima (Seven Realms #2) Released: September 2010 Publisher: Hyperion Books Add to Goodreads ★★★★☆ Synopsis: Haunted by the loss of his mother and sister, Han Alister journeys south to begin his schooling at Mystwerk House in Oden’s Ford. But leaving the Fells doesn’t mean that danger isn’t far behind.…
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I Finally Finished Another Series: Twilight
[Warning: this post may contain spoilers] I’ve done it! I’ve really done it! I have officially completed two entire series in my 26 years of existence. I spent the afternoon of Labor Day power reading the last 200 pages of Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer. And this GIF of Kristen Stewart sums up my feelings…
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Book Report: Dark Parties by Sara Grant
Dark Parties by Sara Grant Released: March 2011 Publisher: Little, Brown Books Add to Goodreads ★★☆☆☆ Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Neva has been trapped since birth. She was born and raised under the Protectosphere, in an isolated nation ruled by fear, lies, and xenophobia. A shield “protects” them from the outside world, but also locks the citizens…
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Book Report: Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (Caster Chronicles #1) Released: December 2009 Publisher: Little Brown and Company Add to Goodreads ★★★★☆ Synopsis: Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she’s struggling to conceal her power, and a curse that has haunted her family for generations.…
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Book Report: If I Tell by Janet Gurtler
If I Tell by Janet Gurtler Released: October 2011 Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Add to Goodreads ★★☆☆☆ Synopsis: “It was like watching a train wreck. I wanted to look away but couldn’t take my eyes off them.” IF ONLY …If only I hadn’t gone to that party. I never would have seen what I did. Jackson…
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Book Report: Divergent by Veronica Roth
Divergent by Veronica Roth Released: May 2011 Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Add to Goodreads ★☆☆☆☆ Synopsis:In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue–Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day…
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By Golly, Ollie! 