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Movie Review: Rio starring Jesse Eisenberg and Anne Hathaway

by First Mate Keira December 20, 2011

by First Mate Keira Title: Rio Director: Carlos Saldanha Duration: 96 minutes Rating: G Summary: Meet Blu. He’s a flightless baby macaw stolen from the forests surrounding Rio de Janerio. Taken to America he’s lost in the streets by a shipping mishap and discovered by a young girl, Linda. They grow up together and neither [...]

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Review: My Unfair Godmother (My Fair Godmother, Book 2) by Janette Rallison

by First Mate Keira December 9, 2011

Reviewed by First Mate Keira Title: My Unfair Godmother Author: Janette Rallison Format: Hardcover Page Count: 352 pages Grade Reading Level: Ages 10+ Summary: After her parents’ divorce, Tansy Miller quits being a good girl. She stops reading, a passion she loved to share with her father but can’t stomach anymore, and starts dating a [...]

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Review: Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins

by First Mate Keira November 27, 2011

by First Mate Keira Title: Demonglass (Hex Hall, Book 2) Author: Rachel Hawkins Format: Hardback Page Count: 359 pages Grade Reading Level: Grade 7+ Summary: Demonglass is the sequel to Hex Hall. Sophie Mercer recently found out she’s a demon, not a witch, that’s why her magic is different and more powerful. It even explains [...]

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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: The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

by First Mate Keira November 4, 2011

Reviewed by First Mate Keira  Title: The Phantom Tollbooth Author: Norton Juster Format: Paperback Page Count: 256 pages Grade Reading Level: Ages 8+ Summary: One day a bored Milo receives a package for assembling a Tollbooth. Having nothing better to do that day he does and takes his tiny electric kid car through it following [...]

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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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