Science Fiction

Review: Open Minds (Mindjack, Book 1) by Susan Kaye Quinn

by First Mate Keira May 16, 2013

Reviewed by First Mate Keira Title: Open Minds Author: Susan Kaye Quinn Format: Digital ebook Page Count: 338 pages Grade Reading Level: Grade 7+ Summary: Kira Moore is an outcast in a future where mind-reading and telepathy are traits everyone can do… everyone except her. This makes her a zero and zeroes can’t be trusted. [...]

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Review: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Book 1) by Douglas Adams

by First Mate Keira May 6, 2013

Reviewed by First Mate Keira Title: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Book 1) Author: Douglas Adams Format: Audio Book Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins Narrator: Stephen Fry Grade Reading Level: Ages 14+ Summary: The Earth is doomed. Plans were submitted to clear a pathway through the solar system [...]

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Review: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

by Second Mate Embry April 19, 2013

Reviewed by Second Mate Embry Title: Catching Fire Author: Suzanne Collins Format: Hardcover Pages: 400 Grade Reading Level: 6-8 Grade Summary: Katniss and Peeta arrive back from the 74th Hunger Games as victors. Katniss thought all she wanted was to go home, but things aren’t the same. Gale is ignoring her and Peeta is trying [...]

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Review: The Fall (Seventh Tower, Book 1) by Garth Nix

by Quartermaster Alyx April 3, 2013

Reviewed by Quartermaster Alyx Title: The Fall (Seventh Tower, Book 1) Author: Garth Nix Format: Paperback Page Count: 195 Grade Reading Level: 3rd-5th Summary: In this world if your family doesn’t have a Primary Sunstone then you will be forced into a life of servitude and will never be able to acquire a Spirtshaddow (a [...]

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Review: A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer

by BookWatch March 6, 2013

by Bookwatch, guest reviewer Title: A Girl Named Disaster Author: Nancy Farmer Format: Paperback Page Count: 320 pages Grade Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Summary: This is a story about an African girl whose mother was killed by a leopard, whose father had gone away, and who soon will be married to a cruel man who [...]

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Review: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

by Second Mate Embry February 17, 2013

Reviewed by Second Mate Embry Title: The Hunger Games Author: Suzanne Collins Format: Paperback Page Count: 374 Grade Reading Level: 6 – 8 Grade. Summary: Katniss Everdeen’s sister was picked for the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games were established a long time ago when one district of thirteen tried to rebel against the capital. After [...]

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