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Review: My Fair Godmother by Janette Rallison

by First Mate Keira May 15, 2013

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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Review: Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go (The Nine Circles of Heck, Book 1) by Dale E. Basye

by First Mate Keira May 5, 2013

Reviewed by First Mate Keira Title: Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go (The Nine Circles of Heck, Book 1) Author: Dale E. Basye Format: Hardback Page Count: 304 pages Grade Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Summary: The afterlife isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. A bureaucratic error sends Milton down to Heck with his [...]

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Review: Matched (Matched Trilogy, Book 1) by Ally Condie

by First Mate Keira May 1, 2013

Reviewed by First Mate Keira Title: Matched (Matched Trilogy, Book 1) Author: Ally Condie Format: Hardback Page Count: 366 pages Grade Reading Level: Ages 14 and up Summary: Society controls all aspects of life. They dictate your career, your spouse, what you eat, where you live, and your leisure activities. Cassia Reyes trusts Society to [...]

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Review: C. Y. A.: Covert Youth Agency: The Case of Tangled Love by Jason Ancona

by First Mate Keira April 16, 2013

by First Mate Keira Title: C.Y.A.: The Case of Tangled Love (A Covert Youth Agency Novel, Book 1) Author: Jason Ancona Format: Digital ebook Page Count: 258 pages Grade Reading Level: Ages 8-14 Summary: The Covert Youth Agency (C.Y.A.) is the brainchild of Peter “Pi” Samuels (sophomore), a kid born on March 14 (which explains [...]

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Review: The People of Sparks (The Books of Ember, Book 2) by Jeanne DuPrau

by First Mate Keira March 11, 2013

By First Mate Keira Title: The People of Sparks (The Books of Ember, Book 2) Author: Jeanne DuPrau Format: Digital ebook Page Count: 352 pages Grade Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Summary: When the people of Ember emerge from underground they are in shock. Following Lina and Doon’s advice they all trickle down to the road [...]

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DNF Review: Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

by First Mate Keira February 20, 2013

Reviewed by First Mate Keira Title: Beauty Queens Author: Libba Bray Format: Audiobook Narrator: Libba Bray Page Count: 396 pages Grade Reading Level: Ages 16+ Summary: Miss Teen Dream pageant contestants expect to parade around in their bathing suits and wind up in a terrifying airplane crash. Do they work toward their survival and ultimate [...]

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