School Situations

Review: Schooled by Gordon Korman

by CaptainYarr January 18, 2012

by Captain Lyaf Yarr, the pilot of this here vessel. Title: Schooled Author: Gordon Korman Page Count: 208 Format: Paperback Grade Reading Level: 6-8 Summary: Capricorn (Cap) Anderson has always been home schooled until his teacher and hippie grandma, Rain, falls out of a tree. Now he goes to Claverage Middle school and stays with [...]

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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: Best Friends and Drama Queens (Allie Finkle’s Rules For Girls: Book 3) by Meg Cabot

by Second Mate Embry January 11, 2012

by Second Mate Embry, guest reviewer Title: Best Friends and Drama Queens (Allie Finkle’s Rules For Girls: Book 3) Author: Meg Cabot Format: Hardcover Page Count: 240 Grade Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Summary: Allie gets excited when she learns that that they are getting a new student from Canada! Mostly because that means she won’t [...]

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Review: Shadow-Kiss by Richelle Mead

by First Mate Keira January 9, 2012

by First Mate Keira Title: Shadow-Kiss (Vampire Academy Series, Book 3) Author: Richelle Mead Format: Paperback Page Count: 443 Grade Reading Level: Grade 9+ Summary: Lately Rose has been seeing her dead friend around St. Vladimir. Mason’s ghost, if that was what she was really seeing was messing with her and screwing up her trials. [...]

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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: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney

by CaptainYarr January 4, 2012

by Captain Lyaf Yarr Title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw Author Jeff Kinney Page Count: 217 Format: Paperback Grade Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Summary: Greg is writing in his journal (diary) again and is facing  more problems than ever before. He is getting into more trouble while trying to fix each of [...]

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