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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: The Bad Beginning (Book 1) by Lemony Snicket

by cookcutlery May 12, 2013

by Cook Cutlery, guest reviewer Title: The Bad Beginning (Book 1) Series of Unfortunate Events Author: Lemony Snicket Illustrator: Brett Helquist Format: Hardback Page Count: 162 Grade Reading Level: Ages 10+ Summary: Violet, Kluas and Sunny Bauldilair were at the beach when Mr. Poe comes and tell them that their parents had died in a [...]

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Review: Changeling by Delia Sherman

by First Mate Keira April 26, 2013

By First Mate Keira Title: Changeling Author: Delia Sherman Format: Hardback Page Count: 289 Grade Reading Level: Grade 6-8 Summary: Neef is a mortal changling living in New York Between, the fairy version of the Big Apple. She’s the only Central Park changling living under the protection of the Green Lady, the Genius of Central [...]

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Review: The Magic Mirror of the Mermaid Queen (Changeling, Book 2) by Delia Sherman

by First Mate Keira March 1, 2013

by First Mate Keira Title: The Magic Mirror of the Mermaid Queen Author: Delia Sherman Format: Hardback Page Count: 289 Grade Reading Level: Grade 6-8 Summary: After Neef’s quest for the Green Lady and the return of Changeling to regular New York, all was suppose to settle down. Instead Neef’s fairy godparents are sending her [...]

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Review: Fly Girl by Sherri L. Smith

by BookWatch January 10, 2013

by BookWatch, guest reviewer Title: Fly Girl Author: Sherri L. Smith Format: Hardback Page Count: 256 Grade Reading Level: Grades 7-9 Summary: Fly Girl is about an African American girl, Ida Mae during World War II who wants to be a pilot and also help the war effort.  Her father had already taught her how [...]

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Review: Enthusiasm by Polly Shulman

by First Mate Keira January 4, 2013

by First Mate Keira Title: Enthusiasm Author: Polly Shulman Format: Hardback Page Count: 198 Grade Reading Level: Grade 7+ Summary: When Julie Lefkowitz’s enthusiastic friend Ashleigh falls in love with Julie’s Jane Austen novel Pride and Prejudice, she drags Julie into a wild adventure involving crashing Forefield Academy, an all-boys prep school, Founder’s Ball, in [...]

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