Family Life

Review: Moving Day (Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls: Book 1) by Meg Cabot

by Second Mate Embry January 6, 2012

by Second Mate Embry, guest reviewer Title: Moving Day (Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls: Book 1) Author: Meg Cabot Format: Hard Cover Page Count: 240 Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Summary: Allie Finkle is pretty happy with her life … even though her brothers are annoying and her best friend cries over everything. Things start going [...]

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Review: 13 Treasures by Michelle Harrison

by First Mate Keira December 29, 2011

by First Mate Keira Title: 13 Treasures Author: Michelle Harrison Format: Hardback Page Count: 355 Grade Reading Level: Grade 5–8 Summary: Tanya knows that at age 13 she can no longer get away with talking to faeries or about them in front of others as both adults and kids couldn’t see them. Only her. She’d [...]

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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: 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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