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Review: The New Girl (Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls: Book 2) by Meg Cabot

by Second Mate Embry December 22, 2011

by Second Mate Embry, guest reviewer Title: The New Girl (Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls: Book 2) Author: Meg Cabot Format: Hardcover Page Count: 222 Grade Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Summary: On top of all the moving problems, Allie has to start a new school. She thinks things are looking up until Rosemary; the school [...]

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Review: Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl by Rachel Renee Russell

by CaptainYarr November 21, 2011

by Captain Lyaf Yarr Title: Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl Author: Rachel Renee Russell Format: Hardback Page Count: 279 Grade Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Summary: Nikki Maxwell is still the same dork. In this sequel, she has to deal with her two best friends Cloe and Zoey, her secret crush Brandon, [...]

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Review: Ida B by Katherine Hannigan

by CaptainYarr November 19, 2011

by Captain Lyaf Yarr Title: Ida B Author:Katherine Hannigan Format: Paperback # of pages: 246 Grade Reading Level: 5th grade, Ages 9-12 Summary: When Ida B Applewood’s mother gets cancer she is forced to go to public school (she was homeschooled before.) She arrives with a bad attitude because she chooses not to enjoy it [...]

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Review: The Bad Beginning (Book 1) by Lemony Snicket

by cookcutlery November 17, 2011

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: Relatively Famous by Jessica Park

by First Mate Keira October 4, 2011

by First Mate Keira Title: Relatively Famous Author: Jessica Park Format: PDF ebook Page Count: 284 pages Grade Reading Level: Grades 6-9 Summary: Dani McKinley is just your normal high school freshman until word leaks out to the press that her father, the guy she’s never known, is none other than B-list actor Mark Ocean. [...]

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Review: My Fair Godmother by Janette Rallison

by First Mate Keira October 2, 2011

by First Mate Keira Title: My Fair Godmother Author: Janette Rallison Format: Hardback Page Count: 320 Pages Grade Reading Level: Grades 4-9 Summary: Two sisters, one boy, a disaster in the making, n’est pas? Enter Chrysanthemum (Chrissy) Everstar, a fairy godmother-in-training looking to make a little extra credit and get good recommendations to get into [...]

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