Coming of Age

Review: Lost (The Magic Thief, Book 2) by Sarah Prineas

by First Mate Keira January 23, 2012

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 [...]

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Review: A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by First Mate Keira January 14, 2012

by First Mate Keira Title: A Little Princess Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett Format: Hardback Page Count: 266 pages Grade Reading Level: Grades 4-8 Summary: Sara Crewe, a little girl who grew up in India is taken to London by her father to attend Miss Minchin’s Seminary for Girls. Sara must learn to live on her [...]

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Review: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

by First Mate Keira January 13, 2012

Reviewed First Mate Keira Title: The Invention of Hugo Cabret Author: Brian Selznick Format: Hardback Page Count: 533 pages Grade Reading Level: Grades 3-6 Summary: Hugo Cabret is an orphan and he lives inside the walls at a train station in Paris. His uncle had trained him to fix the station’s clocks before he disappeared. [...]

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Review: The Magic Thief (The Magic Thief, Book 1) by Sarah Prineas

by First Mate Keira January 5, 2012

Reviewed by First Mate Keira Title: The Magic Thief Author: Sarah Prineas Format: Audio Book Listening Length: 7 hours and 32 minutes Narrator: Greg Steinbruner Grade Reading Level: Ages 8-14 Summary: Connwaer is a thief. He’s lived for a very long time on the streets of Twilight, avoiding his evil uncle, for all intents and purposes, an [...]

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Review: Exile by Anne Ousterlund

by First Mate Keira January 3, 2012

by First Mate Keira Title: Exile Author: Anne Ousterlund Format: Trade Paperback Page Count: 304 pages Grade Reading Level: Grades 7-12 Summary: Aurelia has exiled herself from the court in the last book, bearing her name, when she refused to marry the creepy king of a neighboring kingdom. She plans to tour the country of [...]

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Review: The Dream Maker in the Desert by Marie Krushing

by First Mate Keira December 18, 2011

by First Mate Keira Title: The Dream Maker in the Desert (Society Series, Book 1) Author: Marie Krushing Format: Trade Paperback Page Count: 527 Grade Reading Level: 7+ Grade Summary: Emmet Watts was an outcast in school. Students labeled him a freak and as a result nobody was brave enough to be his friend. One [...]

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