by Isabel G., guest reviewer

Title: The Undertakers: Rise of the Corpses
Author: TY Drago
Format: Paperback
Page Count: 465 pages
Grade Reading Level: Ages 13+

Summary: Twelve year old Will Ritter is just an average boy...well, that’s how he was at the beginning of this story anyway. His life was only boring until he began seeing walking, talking corpses that are trying to kill him. Fortunately, it turns out he’s not crazy but the only other ones that believe him are also kids. A special group of kids who not only see the Corpses, but are also building a resistance against them. This group goes by the name of the Undertakers. Will reluctantly joins this movement but soon realizes he’s an important piece in a war that’s about to begin.

Why I started this book:
I was given a review copy.

Review: The story is very reminiscent of a movie I saw in my youth. It’s as though the author blended the idea of the film and changed the main characters to children. The idea worked beautifully and really helps the reader sympathize with the characters because they miss their families and are forced into growing up sooner than others kids their age.

The author peaks the reader’s curiosity and keeps them wanting more. He gives information as the plot develops instead of spoon feeding it to the reader all at once. This is the main reason it’s a great book for kids and adults to read because it keeps us guessing what comes next. Also, although there’s violence in this story, it’s still fiction. The fact that the author uses Corpses as bad guys makes it easier for young readers to learn about the horrible things happening and still keep them somewhat emotionally detached. In other words, kids who read the book might deal with the harsh realities in the story without feeling negatively impacted.

A word of caution: Once you begin reading you won’t want to put this book down! I recommend it to teen readers who like horror and sci-fi novels.

Buy: The Undertakers: Rise of the Corpses

Rating: 4 Corpses

Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, an imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN-13: 978-1-4022-4785-9
Copyright: 2011
Genre: Juvenile Fiction/Independent Reader

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by First Mate Keira

Title: Mission (Un)Popular
Author: Anna Humphrey
Format: Digital ebook
Page Count: 416 pages
Grade Reading Level: Grades 6-9

Summary: Margot Button doesn’t worry about New Year Resolutions. She worries about School Year Resolutions. Unfortunately they all seem to be collapsing before 7^th grade even starts. Her best friend is sent to a private school, her mother won’t take her shopping for new school clothes, a DIY eyebrow and hair trim goes awry, and her social life is killed because she’s needed to babysit her triplet sisters after school every day. What’s a girl to do? Make friendly with the new girl in school whose fashion sense and coolness factor is sure to get them both in the popular group before too long. They just have to play their cards right.

Why I started this book:

I asked for an ARC from the publisher and got it.

Likes:

• That the cool crush winds up looking like a plastic Ken Doll – pretty but with little substance.
• How Margot and “Evil” Sarah are forced to come to a truce by Sarah’s older sister.
• How Lord of the Flies fit into the story.
• Em is well developed. I like how you know as the reader there is something just a little bit off about her.
• Margot makes a mess of things but does the hardest part and fixes them. I’m glad everybody was willing to allow her to make amends.

Dislikes:

• For a zero tolerance bullying policy, the principal at Manning Middle School is a bit of a wuss when it comes to enforcing it.
• The spoon game. Gross and in the end dangerous. Luckily Margot does the right thing!
• I want an epilogue where Margot meet’s the other girl. I want to know how that works out.

Last Minute Thoughts: For a fun drama filled middle school story about friends and crushes and growing up, read Mission (Un)Popular!

Buy: Mission (Un)Popular

Rating: 3.5 Treasure Chests

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by First Mate Keira

Title: Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse
Author: Kaleb Nation
Page Count: 464 pages
Format: Hardback
Grade Reading Level: Ages 9-12

Summary: Bran Hambric is different from other boys and doesn’t even know the true extent of it. He was found as impossible as it might sound in a locked bank vault. Sewey Wilomas, the man who found him takes him home as he must under the Finders Keepers law. Eight years have passed and Bran still doesn’t know who his mother is or how he came to be in the city of Dunce’s third bank. All he has for a clue is a scrap of paper with his name on it directing him “To Clarence.”

Why I Started This Book:

I began this book for a number of reasons. The first is that I have been off and on watching Kaleb on YouTube and Twitter because of his Twilight involvement and he's just plain fun, his novel was sure to be too. Second, he’s approximately my age and wrote a fantasy story with a very interesting concept, how could I not support that by picking up the book? Third – who doesn’t crave a Harry Potter fix? Bran Hambric promised to be one and fulfilled it.

Note: While receiving this book early as a reader copy from the publisher, it is the final consumer version of the book.

Likes:

• Bran Hambric is set in the city of Dunce, a place that outlawed mages and gnomes and all things etcetera. Who couldn’t like something as silly sounding as that? Plus it’s the perfect setup to include all three!
• Sewey’s cursing: “Great Rot!” and “Great Moby!” Sewey is excellent for humor and spouting off the town’s ideology. He blames everything bad on gnomes.
• Polland the gnome. He’s a good character. I hope to see more of him in future Bran Hambric novels.
• The five kinds of magic: mental, physical, mortal, illusions, and natural.
• Shambles. Guessed his importance right off the bat and then doubted it until I got to the ending of the story.
• The bad guy #1 and in particular the Farfield curse. Very spooky.
• The cover! It's gorgeous! The illustrator was obviously influenced by Harry Potter but it still reads as it's own universe. Love.

Dislikes:

• The first 20-100 pages are really tough. Mainly because of the grammar issues that cropped up repeatedly. Most particularly the improper use of ‘and’ and ‘but’ in several long sentences. The author should have reversed the choice or gone with a smaller two letter transition word instead. Another issue was the occasional switching mid sentences between characters. For instance – Shambles would do something then the second part would be about Joris' actions however the subjective personal pronouns would still be reflecting back on Shambles.
• Mabel’s hypochondria. For some, I see this being humorous and fun, for me not so much. I was over it by the third time it was mentioned and she went crazy trying to ingest her body weight in them. Figuratively of course.
• The #1 bad guy didn’t seem to understand how to convince Bran to join the dark side as it were. He had 'compelling' arguments but they weren’t really tailored to what Bran truly desired which the bad guy should have known having been in Bran’s head.

Last minute thoughts: There are quite a few parallels to Harry Potter. I will be listing some in bullet format below, so for those not wishing to be spoiled I expect you to click away immediately.

1. Harry and Bran are in the care of families who don’t acknowledge them and both take the place as a sort of house elf. Bran however is treated much better by the Wilomas family than Harry by the Dursley’s.
2. Harry and Bran were vessels for the bad guy’s soul.
3. Their mothers were instrumental in saving them once from the baddies.
4. The major bad guys, Voldemort and Baslyn, do what they can to control the magical world and to defy death. Baslyn’s main magical power is concentrated on mortal magics.
5. Shambles while more similar to Golem than Dobby is of equal importance to Bran Hambric as they were to their stories.

Buy: Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse (Hardback), Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse (Audio Book)

Book Rating: 3.5 Treasure Chests

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Reviewed by First Mate Keira

Title: Spell Hunter (Faery Rebels, Book 1)
Author: R.J. Anderson
Format: Hardback
Page Count: 340 pages
Grade Reading Level: Grades 5-7

Summary: After the infamous Sundering, faery world is falling apart. Magics, talents, and skills once in abundance are not gone forever from the oak tree. There’s even sickness called the Silencing. As the population dwindles and life becomes more and more barren of life’s richness, one faery is determined to make a difference and to live outside of the fear facing the rest of the population. She calls herself Knife.

Why I started this book:

This book was recommended by a librarian at my local library.

Likes:

• I like that Knife is a strong heroine. She learns, she grows, she fights, she hunts, she creates, she saves others, and she stands her ground. She even falls in love.
• The relationship between Knife (faery) and Paul (human) is cute. It starts as friendship and grows into something more as Knife and Paul learn more about each other and bond to one another. I like that he’s trustworthy.
• In fact I like that the queen faery is trustworthy too (and her previous Hunter and her steward), I thought perhaps she’d be evil (or they would be evil), but the sinister overtones are not what they appear. Good twist!

Dislikes:

• There are references to suicide and drug overdose in the novel. It’s not as bad as it could be but it’s there anyway.
• Are there any male faeries? Perhaps this will be answered in later in the trilogy.
• The sequels are not focused on Knife and Paul… sniff. I am very sad about this. I really want to explore more into their romance now that one big mystery was handled and also too the size difference.

Buy: Spell Hunter (Faery Rebels)

Rating: 3.5 Treasure Chests

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by First Mate Keira

Title: The Sext Crime: C.Y.A.: Covert Youth Agency (Volume 2)
Author: Jason Ancona
Format: Digital ebook
Page Count: 280 pages
Grade Reading Level: Ages 8-14

Summary: When senior class presidential candidate, Meredith, is blackmailed into quitting the election race, she gets her best friend and campaign manager to contact the C.Y.A. (Covert Youth Angency). Peter "Pi" Samuels and his friends (Delilah Lightman and Ben "Tollhouse" Gaw), run the C.Y.A. and in this second installment face challenges they’re unprepared to handle. Trenton High School is a hotbed of trouble just waiting to explode at the least sign of disturbance.

Why I started this book:

I was given a copy by the author.

Likes:

• Ancona took a real issue (sexting) amongst teens today and plugged it successfully into his story without being pious (which would turn off kids) or flippant (which would turn off adults). He uses humor to keep things light, but points out the seriousness and consequences of participating in the act.
• Lightman going shopping with the girls and finding out undercover isn’t always fun. Haha.
• Pi going to the dance and playing it cool with Vera and her friends.

Dislikes:

• I miss the opening from Case of Tangled Love where the characters are introduced in a stylized “Case File” summary like way. I thought that was very clever and quickly brought readers into the C.Y.A as if they were agents too.
• Tollhouse is a good agent for the C.Y.A. but I’m concerned by his chameleon behavior. He caves easily to situations and suggestions to blend into the group. I hope one day he’ll join a group and change them for the better, because essentially he’s a good kid.

Last Minute Thoughts: You should read The Case of Tangled Love before starting The Sext Crime as they follow each other sequentially and The Sext Crime makes references periodically to The Case of Tangled Love. Can’t wait for round three!

Buy: The Sext Crime (C.Y.A. : Covert Youth Agency)

Rating: 3.5 Treasure Chests

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Title: Boys are Dogs
Author: Leslie Margolis
Page Count: 195
Format: Hardback
Grade Reading Level: Ages 9-12

Summary: Annabelle is going into 6^th grade at her first coed (boys and girls) school. She and her mom move in with her mom's boyfriend (a.k.a. Dweeble), and because of the big move they get her a dog. The dog isn't trained and is a big problem, but not the only problem. The boys aren’t exactly as she imagined. In fact they're worse! Much, much, worse! Just like wild dogs. Now Annablles’ job is not only to train her new dog but to train all the boys at school.

Why I Started This Book:

I began this book because, it was on a list of books I had to read for school. I started this one first because it looked the most amusing and was the most appealing to me.

Likes:

• I enjoyed reading the parts of this book when Annabelle was reading her dog training book and Leslie wrote what she was reading. I got to learn 10 times more information than if it wasn’t written.
• I liked reading from Annabelle’s point of view, and getting to hear what she was thinking. She sounded like my idea of a 6^th grader starting a new school. I could have been her friend.
• I liked this book because Annabelle is in 6^th grade, and so am I. So while I was reading I could relate to her problems as if they were my own. Well, maybe not all, as I've always been in coed schooling.

Dislikes:

• I didn’t like the ending. Why you ask? Well it wasn’t exactly how I thought it would end, and I thought there was a better alternative.

Buy: Boys Are Dogs (paperback)

Book Rating: I give this book 4 treasure cheats! It interested me the whole time I was reading. It was fun reading what someone else thinks about boys. I would like to read Leslie’s other book called "Girls Acting Catty."

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Reviewed by First Mate Keira

Title: Lost (The Magic Thief, Book 2)
Author: Sarah Prineas
Format: Audiobook
Narrator: Greg Steinbruner
Listening Length: 6 hours and 22 minutes
Grade Reading Level: Grade 5+

Summary: Pyrotechnics and magic do not mix. They combust! Big huge explosions! The kind that get you an order of exile. But without his locus magicalicus Conn can’t communicate with the magic without literally fireworks. Nevery warns him that his experimentation will blow up in his face, but Conn doesn’t listen. There’s an evil spreading terror by turning people into stone within the city and Conn just knows that the magic knows what’s going on if only he could understand.

Why I started this book:

Because I enjoyed the first Magic Thief book so much and I wanted to read the next one.

Likes:

• I like the idea of magic as a living being with magic spells being part of its inherent language. That’s pretty unique.
• This story really enlarges Conn’s character. He grows up and faces tough situations and makes equally tough decisions.
• Love Benet and his concern for the boy. He’s a good mediator between Conn and Nevery.
• Love Greg Steinbruner as the narrator now that I’m used to him.

Dislikes:

• One of the bad guys commits suicide. A little too easy to get rid of him in that way but was written in a believable manner so the complaint is a small one.

Last Minute Thoughts: What does Wellmet’s magical being think of this evil magical being? I guess I'll find out soon!

Buy: The Magic Thief: Lost

Rating: 4 Treasure Chests

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by First Mate Keira, guest reviewer

Title: Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code, Book 3
Author: Eoin Colfer
Narrator: Nathaniel Parker
# CDs / Minutes: 6 CDs (6 hours, 54 minutes)
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
Grade Reading Level: 6.2; Ages 10-17

Audio Clip Preview: Download Clip (Right click, save as.)

Summary: Thirteen year old Artemis is in need of fairy help! His big plan to increase the Fowl’s finances with stolen fairy technology backfires in a really bad way. Bulter is (mostly) dead and Artemis has to find a way to save him, recover the twice stolen technology and the only way to do it is get fairy help. Their help comes at a very steep price; Artemis and his crew must sacrifice all knowledge of fairies and anything related to fairies that might trigger their memory later.

Why I Started This Book:

I finished listening to book two at three in the morning. The next day I went out to the library as soon as it opened to get the next in the series. I tried to get four at the same time but had to put it on hold as it was unavailable at the time.

Likes:

• Foaly, Artemis, and Jon Spiro are all very smart and are presented as thinking individuals. Granted, Spiro has to make mistakes; all bad guys do and he is eventually caught due to increasing surety and arrogance of his position as top dog.
• Mulch Diggums returns again! He’s really growing on me, farting and all. I loved his Oscar stealing crime spree, very funny.
• The ending. Artemis proves once again just how clever a sucker he really is by outsmarting the fairies once more.

Dislikes:

• What happened to Bulter, poor dutiful Butler! I wonder if that’ll get fixed somehow in the next book.

Buy: The Eternity Code (audio book), The Eternity Code (paperback), Artemis Fowl Boxed Set

Buy on Audible: Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code

Book Rating: 4 Treasure Chests

Keira runs a book review blog for readers by readers on romance novels entitled Love Romance Passion. She’s been reading romance since she was in her teens and began blogging about romance so she could share her passion for her favorite genre. She loves reading paranormal, Regency, historical America, and highlander most of all and completely adores blind and wounded heroes.

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by First Mate Keira, guest reviewer.

Title: Artemis Fowl (Book 1)
Author: Eoin Colfer
Narrator: Nathaniel Parker
# CDs / Minutes: 5 CDs (approximately 72 min. each)
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
Grade Reading Level: 6.2; Ages 10-17

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Summary: Artemis Fowl is a criminal mastermind with a few parental issues. His father is missing and presumed dead. His mother has reverted to a childlike state to cope and never leaves her room in Fowl Manor. Artemis Fowl is determined to bring the Fowl Estate back to its former glory and he’s going to do that by doing what no other human has ever succeeded at doing… he’s going to extort the fairy people!

Why I Started This Book:

I began this book series because I heard an awful lot about it. One friend described it as getting a Harry Potter fix and since I was in desperate need of that I went to the library’s young adult section to find it. I decided on the audio format because I had an opportunity to listen for several hours on a road trip.

Likes:

• Eoin Colfer is extremely clever when it comes to world building. I quite liked his use of current myths like a leprechaun and turning it into Lower Elements Police reconnaissance or more commonly LEP-recon, the fairy police force.
• Nathaniel Parker is an amazing reader. He is so good with voices and acting that the story fairly leaps out of the speakers and starts materializing in front of you. He is as good as Jim Dale in my opinion.

Dislikes:

• I don’t know if I’d call it an out and out dislike but there’s a lot of body humor in the book. Girls will probably find the flatulence-emitting dwarf a bit over the top as I did. However in Mulch Diggums’ defense he does bring a lot of humor to the story.

Last minute thoughts: Artemis Fowl is similar to Harry Potter in its setup. The first book places young Artemis at age eleven. In the next he’s age twelve and so on.

Buy: Artemis Fowl (Audio Book), Artemis Fowl (paperback), or Artemis Fowl Boxed Set

Buy on Audible: Artemis Fowl: Artemis Fowl, Book 1

Book Rating: 4 Treasure Chests

Keira runs a book review blog for readers by readers on romance novels entitled Love Romance Passion. She’s been reading romance since she was in her teens and began blogging about romance so she could share her passion for her favorite genre. She loves reading paranormal, Regency, historical America, and highlander most of all and completely adores blind and wounded heroes.

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by First Mate Keira, guest reviewer

Title: Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony, Book 5
Author: Eoin Colfer
Narrator: Nathaniel Parker
# CDs (Minutes): 7 CDs (8 hours, 24 minutes)
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
Grade Reading Level: 6.2; Ages 10-17

Audio Clip Preview: Download Clip (Right click, save as.)

Summary: The aliens are returning… well they’re demons now, but that’s beside the point. The magic that held them apart from the world for 10,000 years is deteriorating and the time/dimension jumping demons are starting to make their presence known and Level 8 is going to fix it. Level 8 is the fairy’s version of MI6 and Foaly is their new ‘Quartermaster.’ Recruiting Holly Short, Mulch Diggums, and Artemis Fowl to help, they’re in a race against time itself to save the world.

Why I Started This Book:

By this point it should be pretty obvious that I like the Artemis Fowl series and listening to Nathaniel Parker. I got this audio book from the library and listened to it instead of radio while working. My likes and dislikes are going to include some biggish spoilers so beware.

Likes:

• Artemis gets fairy magic in this book. Now he’s like Superhuman and it’s pretty cool when and how he got it in the time travel tunnel.
• I’m a huge fan of Artemis/Holly as a potential love interest so when the time and dimensional travel ended and they each had one eye switched with out with the other I was going “Woohoo!”
• Nathaniel’s voice for #1 the mage imp is very well done. He comes across like a kid but he isn’t squeaky or weird sounding.

Dislikes:

• Minerva, who is the young female version of Artemis. I can’t really explain why I dislike her. Maybe it’s because she represents potential trouble to my hoped for Arty/Holly pairing. Maybe it’s because she’s so cold or maybe because I don’t like thinking that a 12 year old girl can be that creepy. I was not a fan of her.
• It’s amazing how many different things were going on in this book. It’s not really a bad thing, just some of it is hard to follow when listening. You really have to pay attention in this one and perhaps even skip back a track or two to listen again.

Buy: The Lost Colony (Audio Book), The Lost Colony (paperback), Artemis Fowl Boxed Set

Buy on Audible: The Lost Colony: Artemis Fowl, Book 5

Book Rating: 4 Treasure Chests

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