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Review: Night by Elie Wiesel

by cookcutlery December 15, 2011

by Cook Cutlery, guest reviewer Title: Night Author: Elie Wiesel Format: Hardcover # of pages: 108 pages Grade Reading Level: 8.7 Summary: Elie Wiesel is a young 14 year old Jewish Orthodox boy. He’s 15 at the end. He lived during the time that Adolf Hitler rose to power. He was one of very few [...]

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Audio Review: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente

by First Mate Keira December 4, 2011

Reviewed by First Mate Keira Title: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making Author: Catherynne M. Valente Format: Audio Book Narrator: Catherynne M. Valente Listening Length: 7 hours and 17 minutes Grade Reading Level: Ages 10+ Summary: September is twelve years old when she is whisked off to Fairyland on the back [...]

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Review: Malice by Chris Wooding

by First Mate Keira October 19, 2011

by First Mate Keira Title: Malice Author: Chris Wooding Illustrator: Dan Chernett Format: Hardback Pages: 379 Grade Reading Level: 7th-9th Grade Summary: In Britain all the children know the rumors of a comic book called Malice. They also know that if a ritual is done and a chant said six times they could be taken [...]

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Review: Frankie Pickle and the Mathematical Menace by Eric Wight

by PirateYarr September 2, 2011

by Gangplank Gigi, guest reviewer Title: Frankie Pickle and the Mathematical Menace Author: Eric Wight Format: Kindle ebook Page Count: 96 pages Grade Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Summary: Frankie Pickle has a secret life inside his imagination (this aspect is in a graphic novel format). Frankie draws all over his math test as his imagination [...]

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Review: The Temptation of the Night Jasmine by Lauren Willig

by First Mate Keira July 18, 2011

by First Mate Keira Title: The Temptation of the Night Jasmine Author: Lauren Willig Format: Trade Paperback Page Count: 468 Grade Reading Level: Ages 15+ Summary: One heroine is researching for her dissertation on the Pink Carnation. The other heroine is living it. Both heroines are already set on the path of love, but the [...]

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DNF: A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitecomb

by First Mate Keira October 23, 2009

by First Mate Keira, guest reviewer Title: Certain Slant of Light Author: Laura Whitecomb Narrator: Lauren Molina Format: Unabridged Compact Discs # CDs + Minutes: 7 CDs (8 hours, 32 minutes) Grade Reading Level: Ages 14+ Summary: This book is about a 130 year old female ghost, her romance and whirlwind six days of feeling [...]

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