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Review: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

by Second Mate Embry January 8, 2012

by Second Mate Embry, guest reviewer Title: Mockingjay Author: Suzanne Collins Format: Hardcover Page Count: 400 pages Grade Reading Level: Grade 7+ Summary: After Katniss’s survival of the Quarter Quell, she is whisked of to underground (literally and figuratively) District 13. Over the course of the book Katniss is preparing for when she can go [...]

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Review: The Son of Neptune (The Heroes of Olympus, Book 2) by Rick Riordan

by First Mate Keira January 7, 2012

Reviewed by First Mate Keira Title: The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus, Book 2) Author: Rick Riordan Format: Audiobook Listening Length: 13 hours and 27 minutes Narrator: Joshua Swanson Grade Reading Level: Ages 9+ Summary: Percy doesn’t know who he is, all he knows is that these Gorgons he’s fighting don’t stay dead. Saving an old [...]

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Review: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

by CaptainYarr December 25, 2011

by Captain Lyaf Yarr Title: Number the Stars Author: Lois Lowry Format: Paperback Page Count: 156 Pages Grade Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Summary: Two years into World War II, Nazis are hunting Jews. Annemarie Johansens is a 10 year old girl living in Copenhagen, Denmark. But everything changes once her best friend, Ellen Rosen has [...]

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Review: The Iron Daughter (Iron Fey, Book 2) by Julie Kagawa

by First Mate Keira December 24, 2011

by First Mate Keira Title:The Iron Daughter (Book 2 in Iron Fey Series) Author: Julie Kagawa Format: Kindle ebook Page Count: 304 (Paperback) Grade Reading Level: Grade 7+ Summary: Meghan Chase is prisoner in the Winter Court waiting for Queen Mab to request her presence. She’s having trouble accessing the glamour… in fact she can’t [...]

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Review: Three Black Swans by Caroline B. Cooney

by Second Mate Embry December 23, 2011

by Second Mate Embry, guest reviewer Title: Three Black Swans Author: Caroline B. Cooney Format: Hardcover Page Count: 288 pages Reading Grade Level: Grade 7-10 Summary: During her sophomore science class, Missy is given an assignment to create a scientific hoax. (Example = burying a leftover chicken bone from dinner and later finding it and [...]

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Review: Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins

by First Mate Keira December 21, 2011

by First Mate Keira Title: Hex Hall Author: Rachel Hawkins Format: Kindle ebook Page Count: 336 pages (Hardback) Grade Reading Level: Grade 8+ Summary: Sophie has known for a couple of years that she’s a witch. She loves the way magic feels tingling up from her soles to her fingertips. It’s a rush. Unfortunately for [...]

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