First Mate Keira

Review: Queste (Septimus Heap, Book 4) by Angie Sage

by First Mate Keira May 17, 2013

by First Mate Keira Title: Queste (Septimus Heap, Book 4) Author: Angie Sage Format: Paperback Page Count: 624 pages Grade Reading Level: Grades 4-8 Summary: For years ExtraOrdinary Wizards have feared the time when their Apprentices would have to draw for the Queste stone. It’s supposed to happen at the end of their training, but [...]

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Review: Open Minds (Mindjack, Book 1) by Susan Kaye Quinn

by First Mate Keira May 16, 2013

Reviewed by First Mate Keira Title: Open Minds Author: Susan Kaye Quinn Format: Digital ebook Page Count: 338 pages Grade Reading Level: Grade 7+ Summary: Kira Moore is an outcast in a future where mind-reading and telepathy are traits everyone can do… everyone except her. This makes her a zero and zeroes can’t be trusted. [...]

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Review: My Fair Godmother by Janette Rallison

by First Mate Keira May 15, 2013

by First Mate Keira Title: My Fair Godmother Author: Janette Rallison Format: Hardback Page Count: 320 Pages Grade Reading Level: Grades 4-9 Summary: Two sisters, one boy, a disaster in the making, n’est pas? Enter Chrysanthemum (Chrissy) Everstar, a fairy godmother-in-training looking to make a little extra credit and get good recommendations to get into [...]

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Review: The Lost Gate (Mither Mages, Book 1) by Orson Scott Card

by First Mate Keira May 14, 2013

Reviewed by First Mate Keira Title: The Lost Gate (Mither Mages, Book 1) Author: Orson Scott Card Format: Hardback Page Count: 350 pages Grade Reading Level: Ages 15+ Summary: Danny North was part of legend. Or at least his family was. As for Danny? Yeah, not so much. Danny as the son of two very [...]

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Review: So Silver Bright (Théâtre Illuminata, Act 3) by Lisa Mantchev

by First Mate Keira May 13, 2013

Reviewed by First Mate Keira Title: So Silver Bright (Théâtre Illuminata, Act 3) Author: Lisa Mantchev Format: Ebook Page Count: 354 pages Grade Reading Level: Grade 7+ Summary:  Bertie is commanded by the Queen of the Distant Castle to perform an original play. The troupe must get there first, which might be the toughest part. [...]

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Review: The Serpent’s Shadow (The Kane Chronicles, Book 3) by Rick Riordan

by First Mate Keira May 11, 2013

Reviewed by First Mate Keira Title: The Serpent’s Shadow (Kane Chronicles, Book 3) Author: Rick Riordan Format: Hardback Page Count: 416 pages Grade Reading Level: Ages 10+ Summary: Carter and Sadie Kane are following the path of the Ancient Egyptian gods learning to harness their powers and join spirits. Their adventures are almost over because [...]

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