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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15151084532464896298noreply@blogger.comBlogger825125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269800030204061579.post-82636589400499768782017-12-03T14:16:00.000-06:002017-12-03T14:16:03.513-06:00BOOK REVIEW: The Agency: Traitor in the Tunnels by Y.S Lee<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span id="freeText13172029528126172348" style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Queen Victoria has a problem: there's a thief at work in Buckingham Palace. The Agency - the secret all-female detective unit - assigns quick-witted Mary Quinn to the case. Posing as a palace maid and fending off the attentions of the Prince of Wales are challenging enough, but when the prince witnesses a murder, Mary's case becomes anything but petty.<br /><br />Engineer and former flame James Easton has an assignment in the sewers, where someone is making illicit use of the tunnels. Mary will need James's help if she's going catch a thief, solve a murder - and avert disaster.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">This book was amazing! It had me second guessing myself and everything I knew about the clues leading up to the murder. It was very exciting!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">My favorite character is Mary because she stubborn, brave, and curious. She is an excellent main character and well developed. Her qualities make a great combination for a mystery novel.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">My favorite part is when "Mr. Jones" dresses like a maid and acted like a maid because I laughed excessively for days. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I give this book 5 stars and recommend it for 12 and up.</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15151084532464896298noreply@blogger.com48tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269800030204061579.post-20645940017473624212017-11-25T16:00:00.001-06:002017-11-25T16:00:16.654-06:00BOOK REVIEW: The Space Between Heart Beats by Melissa Pearl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nicole Tepper has it all—beauty, popularity, and the perfect boyfriend. But after a party she can’t remember, she wakes up in a ghostly state, trapped between life and death. Nicole’s injured body is lying in a wooded area, but she has no idea where—or how long she has left to live. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Only one person can hear her now: Dale Finnegan, a loner classmate that Nicole has relentlessly bullied. Dale’s the last person in school who would want to help her, but he sets their tangled history aside to try to save her life. As they dig into what happened at the party, they discover her boyfriend isn’t as perfect as he seems—and neither are her friends. With the clock ticking down and her life slipping away, Nicole must face a hard truth: Was what happened to her a terrible accident? Or does someone want her dead?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fascinating, beautiful description, and a brilliant plot.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When she goes to a party, the next day she can't remember anything.</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She is trapped in a ghostly state and can only be heard and seen by Dale Finnegan. However, before this life and death situation Nicole was his bully yet he still wants to help her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While Nicole is in her ghostly state she realizes that her boyfriend is cheating on her and her backstabbing friends do not seem to care about her missing state. Meanwhile Nicole is slowly dying in forest Dale and Nicole become closer as he tries to help her survive. The more they uncover the more they learn about themselves and what is worth living for.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My favorite character is Dale because he is a typical teenage boy with a sweet personality.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My favorite part is after they find Nicole's body. I also like the part where Nicole dumps her supposed boyfriend and friends. She realizes she wants to be with Dale and best of all she no longer cares about popularity, money, or partying.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I recommend this book for anyone who likes emotional, sweet, and page turning books.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I give this book 5 stars and recommend it for 13 and up.</span><br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00691675071132057765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269800030204061579.post-26391952701095407312017-11-25T16:00:00.000-06:002017-12-03T14:18:43.921-06:00BOOK REVIEW: Emma G. Loves Boyz by Taro Meyer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Emma G. Loves Boyz - A True Love Journal is the first book in the new Tween Girl Series by Taro Meyer - the exuberant journal of a star-struck fan who vows to stop at nothing - not even doing chores! - for a chance to see her favorite boy band perform live...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Emma G. is CRAZY about Aaron, lead singer of Boyz3000. Of course, she doesn’t actually know him, but so what? Feelings are feelings. That is until Josh appears… and he’s soooooo CUTE. Navigating her two crushes and her middle school life, especially with eighth-grade hater Renee around, is a challenge. And oh yeah, she’s got to earn money for an AWESOME trip to the Bahamas to see the band of her dreams. Hello???? How much can one thirteen-year-old take???</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">This book was great! I love music so I can totally sympathize with Emma.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My favorite character is Dianna because she is a wonderful sister. Whatever Emma needs from her she does it without complaint. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">My favorite part is when Emma submits her lyrics to the contest because it's a really important moment in the series. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I give this book 4 stars and recommend 11 and up.</span><br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15151084532464896298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269800030204061579.post-88186082796289738282017-11-21T12:44:00.000-06:002017-11-21T12:44:10.812-06:00ApologiesHello Loyal Readers,<br />
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Due to our move and the fact that we have started public school again, we have not been as active as we would have liked. Therefore, starting this weekend we will post 2-3 reviews every Saturday to the best of our abilities. We apologize for any inconvenience we may have caused and we will begin by posting reviews requested by authors before our inactive period.<br />
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Thank you and have a great Thanksgiving.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00691675071132057765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269800030204061579.post-74734626067155984282016-11-27T11:44:00.002-06:002016-11-27T11:44:43.776-06:00BOOK REVIEW & INTERVIEW: The Program by Suzanne Young<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Sloane knows better than to cry in front of anyone. With suicide now an international epidemic, one outburst could land her in The Program, the only proven course of treatment. Sloane’s parents have already lost one child; Sloane knows they’ll do anything to keep her alive. She also knows that everyone who’s been through The Program returns as a blank slate. Because their depression is gone—but so are their memories.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Under constant surveillance at home and at school, Sloane puts on a brave face and keeps her feelings buried as deep as she can. The only person Sloane can be herself with is James. He’s promised to keep them both safe and out of treatment, and Sloane knows their love is strong enough to withstand anything. But despite the promises they made to each other, it’s getting harder to hide the truth. They are both growing weaker. Depression is setting in. And The Program is coming for them.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">This book took me on an emotional roller-coaster with tons of spectacular characters.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">My favorite part was reading about Sloane's past because it gave me the good sort of chills.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">"</span></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The program started off as a contemporary story about a girl who attempted suicide and then returned to school the next day and everyone knew that and it was kinda the idea that strangers being able to comment on your mental health. So, I started that story but it felt too close, too personal so I kinda spun it out into an epidemic. I looked up suicide clusters and things like that. The movie </span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with the way they would erase memories, that kinda help feed into of the therapy and so I look it up and they do actually PTSD therapies that you know target memories and tried to make people disassociate with them and so that was kinda the inspiration for that. It had some real world inspiration and then to you know it made the story bigger, I felt like it was easier to read it almost because it wasn't so tight and close on one person, you know? "</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">"</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I was always a writer. I started writing in 6th grade and would write murder mysteries starring all of my friends. I would killed them off one by one in a very </span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Scream </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">like style you know like horror. Then I went to school for creative writing and then I became an English teacher and then I sold my first book in 2008 and so it was a while."</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><u style="font-weight: bold;">Question #4:</u> How long does it take you to write a book?</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">"</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It depends on the book so...on some I write really quickly like </span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All In Pieces </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I think I wrote it <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_608454872" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">in 2 weeks</span></span>, the first draft. This one (</span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Program) </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">took about 3 to 4 months and then the most recent one was about 5 to 6 months. So it kinda depends, if it’s a sequel it takes me longer i think they are super hard to write. I have really hard time with sequels."</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><u style="font-weight: bold;">Question #5:</u> What are some of your favorite books?</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">"</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Books I read...I love anything Sarah Rees Brennan like the </span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Demon’s Lexicon </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is one of my favorite books. I love Libbra Bray and </span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Great And Terrible Beauty</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">...Yeah I love that. I like Nova Ren Suma </span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Walls Around Us </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and then I like classics too because I’m an English teacher so I love </span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Frankenstein, </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and I like </span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wuthering Heights, </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1984. "</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">"</span></span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I think it did…Y</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">ou know It ended several different ways, like I was never sure about the ending so I kept changing it. There was one ending where they were together and they walked into the river...her and James. I was like no! We can’t do that,…</span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">That was a little too much and another one where she crushed the pill right there on Realm’s doorstep and that was the end. It was just the one book, it was never suppose to be a series just the one book. It was when I wrote the Epilogue that I realized I could write more books about this and so I went back and she didn’t crush the pill and you know I wrote the rest of the series.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><u style="font-weight: bold;">Question #7:</u> Do you believe that the Program is good for teens? Or does it cause more suicide?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">"</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Well, what happens in </span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Treatment </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">not like a huge spoiler, they start to see that it’s actually the fear that </span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Program</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is instilling in people that was continuing and growing the epidemic so if they would have handled it when it first happened you know it would have past. You know suicide and epidemics do pass, they are real but instead they almost fed into it and then they created fear and made everyone hid their feelings and by hiding their feelings and not talking about it, that’s what made it worst. But, it was originally started with good intentions you know…</span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">They didn’t mean it to be evil…</span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">But for the parents like they just wanted help. Yeah, so I didn't intend it to be a big bad guy but yeah it definitely ended up being what continued the epidemic."</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><u style="font-weight: bold;">Question #8:</u> What part of the book was the hardest to write?</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u style="font-weight: bold;">Question #9:</u> What character is your favorite? Why?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">"</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I love James.... </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I think he was super fun to write, he was a blast. I like Realm a lot too, how complicated he was. There was one version of this where her and Realm ended up together. You know...but he wasn’t always part of it. Like he was just going to be the nice guy she met. In the rest of the series the girl that comes in the next book called, Dallas, I like her quite a bit but yeah probably James because he was fun."</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u style="font-weight: bold;">Question #10:</u> Did you leave out anything you wanted in the book?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">"</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Ummm… no. I mean it’s a pretty long book so I think I told a lot of it, I would say. Sometimes I would say some things I needed to scale back a bit you know, but at the same time those are the parts the most of the people identify with. Especially at the end of part one where she’s in her room and they are coming to take her, that’s pretty dark moment. </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">And sometimes I think “aww, I shouldn’t have went there” but at the same time you know I think that’s what helps drives the story."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">"</span></span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">I don’t know there is anything you can do...you know</span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">...So I think you know from their perspective (...obviously we know the truth) but from their perspective I can understand why the returners are scared of their memories now. It’s kinda like someone took them away and told them what ever they took was for a reason and things were awful, you were obviously suicidal and things were really tough for you. And so I think I would believe that and maybe try avoid my old life but of course now after you finished the book you know you realize that wasn’t the best Idea... but yeah I would probably would have laid low. But, you know I would have missed out on cool things."</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u style="font-weight: bold;">Question #12:</u> Would you rather be in the Program or die?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u style="font-weight: bold;">Question #13:</u> Are you a rebel or goody two-shoes?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">"</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> Ummm...I’m a little bit of both. I think you know since I’m a teacher I don’t really follow the rules necessarily, like when I want to do things I think there is like a better way but I conscientious of not inflicting pain on other people or hurt people's feelings. So I think that part of me is very good. I also have a hard time following rules."</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u style="font-weight: bold;">Question #14:</u> Are you Team Realms or Team James?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">"</span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">JAMES! I just love him, I just think he is just great. </span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">And you know I feel really bad for Realm. </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You get to hear his backstory in </span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Treatment </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and it’s even sadder and makes you feel even worst for him. </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">But then there is James and you're like “Sorry Realm.” </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Yeah he will at least have one friend. HAHAHAHA!!!"</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u style="font-weight: bold;">Question #15:</u> Are you Team Sloane or Team Lacy?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">"Y</span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">ou know now that I think of it I should have added more to Lacey’s story because I don’t think she had enough but I love Sloane and I think she’s pretty cool and I really like how her character in the beginning doesn’t seem very strong cause her and James completely rely on each other but when he gets sick she steps up and she cares for him as best as she can and so I think she’s stronger than she thinks she is and that’s why I like her."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">"</span></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I think they were so devastated when Brady died that after that it’s like they would believe anything, like any propaganda. And that’s the thing </span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Program </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">being you know...to them they are getting flyers about it and it’s on commercials about it and they are seeing that everyone else that goes into </span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Program </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">survives and so to her she just doesn’t want to lose her daughter. And she can’t even cry in front of her mom, she’s so worried that her mom will be the one to send her in…</span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">which ends up being the case.</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">...but really she was grieving and in that regard like she wasn’t aloud to feel her grief as well. All of them were in this absolute loop of grief. Rather than getting any kind of help they were being told that </span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Program </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">was what could fix it and that’s not even true but that’s what they were being told. So, I think for her if she wasn’t…if she hadn’t lost her son I don't think she would have sent her but because she had lost him she just wasn’t going to go through it again. So grief.</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yeah… and she, you know, I talk about her in </span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Treatment </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">too, like what’s gonna happen with their relationship and James’s dad relationship with them so it's kinda like I added something. In the prequel series you know I talk about how </span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Program </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">became to be, like how did we even get to this place. And one of the main things were that people were unable to handle their grief and so they were turning to different things to handle their grief and eventually </span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Program</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> came and they thought “hey, that could work.” </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">"</span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">I think I probably would?</span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">I probably would but it’s so dangerous and it just depends...I don’t know, that’s a tough one.</span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">I would probably take it...</span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">And hope for the best!"</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u style="font-weight: bold;">Question #18:</u> Any interesting facts about yourself?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Except for a short time I lived in Oregon where all my books are set.</span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">And it rains there a lot and that’s why I think you know it help contribute to the writing because it was raining all the time. Sooo…yeah."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">"</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To keep writing because I wrote so many books I think I almost taught myself a lot of different you know techniques and I think it was my 5th book that was my 1st book I sold, </span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Program</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> was I think my 15th or 16th book that I wrote. So each book I write hopefully gets better and so to keep writing and nowadays like with publishing they are ways to get your work out there but if it’s something you really believe in I would say like each trying to polish and get it published but always find someone to be your cheerleader.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Allyson fights acne, not trolls. As an inhaler-carrying member of the asthma society, she just wants to meet the father who turned her mother into a paranoid, move-across-the-nation freak. Now she’s trying to fit in at yet another school, but for the first time in her life, she has a best friend, Beth. When Allyson accidentally spits fire at kidnappers in the mall, she realizes why her father isn’t in the picture: she’s half dragon. Her acne? Emerging scales. Her asthma? The side effects of her dragon’s fire breath. Instead of freaking out, unflappable Beth reveals her own troll heritage and explains how things work with the supernatural creatures hiding within the modern world of smartphones and skyscrapers.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">When trolls kidnap a unicorn, Beth gets blamed. Allyson is determined to prove Beth’s innocence and keep her friend off the unicorn chopping block. When they start looking for the kidnappers, they get a call from the last person they expect: Allyson’s father. He tries to warn them off, but he’s been put under a spell by the kidnappers to keep the victims from escaping. Nothing short of death can stop him. Now Allyson must choose between killing the father she’s always dreamed of, or letting her best friend die for a crime she didn’t commit.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="background-color: white;">I loved this book! </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">It was amazing!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I got pulled right in. The author wrote the character perfectly. It was like a movie because of all the descriptive scenes.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">My favorite character is Beth because even though she is half-troll she cares about others. I felt bad because she was always getting pushed around.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">My favorite part is when Allyson met John because it was so cute and romantic. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">This book is great for anyone who likes magical creatures.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I give this book 5 stars and recommend it for ages 12 and up.</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00691675071132057765noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269800030204061579.post-4506831734117986512016-11-19T14:34:00.000-06:002016-11-25T17:05:54.277-06:00BOOK REVIEW & INTERVIEW: Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span id="freeText7394947628046019768" style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Kyle Keeley is the class clown, popular with most kids, (if not the teachers), and an ardent fan of all games: board games, word games, and particularly video games. His hero, Luigi Lemoncello, the most notorious and creative game maker in the world, just so happens to be the genius behind the building of the new town library.<br /><br />Lucky Kyle wins a coveted spot to be one of the first 12 kids in the library for an overnight of fun, food, and lots and lots of games. But when morning comes, the doors remain locked. Kyle and the other winners must solve every clue and every secret puzzle to find the hidden escape route. And the stakes are very high.<br /><br />In this cross between <i>Charlie and the Chocolate Factory</i> and <i>A Night in the Museum,</i> Agatha Award winner Chris Grabenstein uses rib-tickling humor to create the perfect tale for his quirky characters. Old fans and new readers will become enthralled with the crafty twists and turns of this ultimate library experience.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This book was great. Mr. Grabenstein has a way with words. This story drew me in and this is probably my favorite book by Grabenstein.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I don't think I have a favorite character because they are all awesome and complexly developed. If I had to choose I think my favorite would be Mr. Lemoncello because he is super fun and wacky.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Michaela had the privilege of interview Chris Grabenstein at the Texas Book Fest. The interview is located below.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">" My favorite book is <u>Bud not Buddy</u> by Christopher Curtis and <u>Holes</u>."</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">" I would have to say Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library because more kids have read that book than any other. It's been nominated for 40 state book awards and won 20 of them. It has been on the New York Times bestseller list for 100 weeks and Nickelodeon is making it into a movie. Plus, most kids who don't like to read have read this book which is a big a accomplishment."</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><u>Question #3:</u></b> Where do you write most often?</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">" Well, I am very lucky to have a two bedroom apartment in New York City. In one of the bedrooms I have an office. It has bulletin boards on the walls with pictures and notes I might need for my story. That is my special place but I can write just about anywhere since I travel a lot."</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Mr. Lemoncello because he is pretty wacky he includes book tittle and/or scenes. plus, he is really funny."</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I write the first draft which is never perfect. Then I write for about 2 or 3 more months. Then I work with the editor for about 3 months until I am satisfied. So about a total of 9 months."</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><u>Question #6:</u></b> What do you like to do in your free time?</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I like to go running. I like to walk my dog. I also love movies. However, I am always thinking about writing. "</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Anger-management issues.”</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">That’s how they classified Savannah Sutton after she stuck a pencil in her ex-boyfriend’s hand because he mocked her little brother, Evan, for being disabled. That’s why they sent her to Brooks Academy—an alternative high school that’s used as a temporary detention center.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">The days at Brooks are miserable, but at home, life is far more bleak. Savvy’s struggling to take care of her brother since her mom left years ago, and her alcoholic dad can’t be bothered. Life with Evan is a constant challenge, but he’s also the most important person in the world to Savvy.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Then there’s Cameron, a new student at Brooks with issues of his own; a guy from a perfect family that Savvy thought only existed on TV. Cameron seems determined to break through every one of the walls Savvy’s built around herself, except if she lets herself trust him, it could make everything she’s worked so hard for fall apart in an instant.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">And with her aunt seeking custody of her brother and her ex-boyfriend seeking revenge, Savvy’s fighting to hold all the pieces together. But she’s not sure how much tighter she can be pulled before she breaks completely.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is one of my new favorite stories.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is heart wrenching and full of raw emotions. It made me cry and laugh yet made me want to read more.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My favorite person in this book is Savannah because she takes care of everyone first and she loves her little brother enough to let him go. She realizes that she is not what is best for him at the moment even if she doesn't want to. This shows just how much she puts other above herself.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My favorite part is when they are in a cornfield and almost get jumped. They run all the way to a gas station and a girl chasing them throws a shoe at their car window. This scene filled me with lots of laughter.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I had the privilege of interviewing Suzanne Young at the Texas Book Fest. The interview is located below.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><u>Question #1:</u></b> What was your inspiration for "All in Pieces"?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">" The scenes in this book are exaggerated but these are things I dealt with growing up and personal experiences."</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><u>Question #2: </u></b>What was your favorite character in your book?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">" Retha was my favorite character because when I wrote her I got to pretend like I was tough and it was fun."</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">" Patrick was the hardest character to write because I always like to give my characters one redeeming quality but, he had none. He was just a dark and overall horrible person."</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><u>Question #4:</u></b> What was the hardest part of the book to write?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">" The hardest part to write was when Savannah said goodbye to her brother because it was a very depressing scene. Every time I read it, I cry. "</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><u>Question #5:</u></b> Have you ever taken care of a person with special needs?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">" No, I have never had that amount of responsibility and it is an extraordinary ability to be able to do that."</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><u>Question #6</u></b>: Where you a wild or good child?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">" I came from a low income family and everyone expected us to be trouble makers but we were not. We never intentionally made trouble it just seemed to find us."</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><u>Question #7:</u></b> What do you think is the most important thing readers should take away?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">" All of these experiences can beat someone down like it did to Savannah but, you have to keep getting back up. She learned to be a normal teen and find love. These experiences helped her in the end."</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">A big thank you to Suzanne Young, her publicist, and the Texas Book Fest.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: justify;">When her parents make the dangerous and illegal trek across the Mexican border in pursuit of the American dream, Reyna and her siblings are forced to live with their stern grandmother, as they wait for their parents to build the foundation of a new life.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: justify;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: justify;">But when things don’t go quite as planned, Reyna finds herself preparing for her own journey to “El Otro Lado” to live with the man who has haunted her imagination for years: her long-absent father. Both funny and heartbreaking, </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; text-align: justify;">The Distance Between Us </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: justify;">beautifully captures the struggle that Reyna and her siblings endured while trying to assimilate to a different culture, language, and family life in El Otro Lado (The Other Side).</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I absolutely loved this story! This true story filled me with anger, laughter, sadness, and determination.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">It tells the story of a young girl and her siblings living in Mexico and immigrating to the U.S.A. They experience things no one should even have to. Yet, they survive and become stronger.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">My favorite person is Reyna Grande because this book tells the story of a naive child growing up to be a capable and strong woman.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">My favorite part is when Diane helps Reyna realize her potential as a writer. She is a friend and companion to Reyna during a difficult time.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I think those who enjoy emotional coming of age stories and the unexpected obstacles immigrant's face.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I had the privilege of interviewing Reyna Grande at the Texas Book Fest. The interview is located below.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><u>Question #1: </u></b>What was your inspiration for "The Distance Between Us" ?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"> " I wanted people to learn more about what it is like to be a child immigrant and what they experience."</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">" My older sister Mago because she took care of me while my parents where gone and we had a special bond."</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">" It was my father because of his difficulties throughout life and he was dying when I was writing this book."</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">" It was probably my older sister and I because we had a special childhood bond. This book aloud us to reconnect with each other."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span id="freeText16393755032524947006" style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Andy Crockett doesn’t fit in at his new school — not with the goths, not with the jocks, and certainly not with the brains. Not even, really, with The Six, a group of misfits who hang out with each other mostly because they can’t stand hanging out with anyone else.<br /><br />But maybe Andy’s luck is changing … and all because he is in Mr. Reztlaff’s grade ten social class — Mr. Retzlaff, the coolest teacher; in fact, the coolest thing about Parkerville Comprehensive. Social is awesome from day one. It’s the class that looks at World War II, Hitler, and the Holocaust. It’s the class Andy wants to ace — and make Mr. Retzlaff proud.<br /><br />But eventually Andy also begins to understand that acing the class might just have a greater cost than he’s willing to pay. And when it turns out that Mr. Retzlaff might not be so cool after all, Andy is facing the most difficult decision of his life.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">This novel was a good way to look at the world differently. This book gave me an open mind about several historical events. I have never really thought about others perspective about Jews and The Holocaust. I now see everyone has a different view.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: merriweather, georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">However, when Mr. R teaches about the Holocaust he starts acting weird and trying to convince the kids that this event isn't real. Andy soon learns that his teacher despises Jews.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">More Grimm tales await in the harrowing, hilarious companion to a beloved new classic</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Take caution ahead—</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Oversize plant life, eerie amphibious royalty, and fear-inducing creatur</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">es abound.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Lest you enter with dread.</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Follow Jack and Jill as they enter startling new landscapes that may (or may not) be scary, bloody, terrifying, and altogether true</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">This book is spine chilling and and capturing all in one. It is the classic tale of Jack and Jill twisted into a dark and grimm tale. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">When Paige moves from LA to Idaho with her mom and little brother after her parents’ high-profile divorce, she expects to completely hate her new life, and the small town doesn’t disappoint. Worse yet, the drafty old mansion they’ve rented is infested with flies, spiders, and other pests Paige doesn’t want to think about.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">She chalks it up to her rural surroundings, but it’s harder to ignore the strange things happening around the house, from one can of ravioli becoming a dozen, to unreadable words appearing in the walls. Soon Paige’s little brother begins roaming the house at all hours of the night, and there’s something not right about the downstairs neighbor, who knows a lot more than he’s letting on. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Things only get creepier when she learns about the sinister cult that conducted experimental rituals in the house almost a hundred years earlier.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">The more Paige investigates, and the deeper she digs, the clearer it all becomes: whatever is in the house, whatever is causing all the strange occurrences, has no intention of backing down without a fight.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Found in the aftermath,<b> Diary of a Haunting</b> collects the journal entries, letters, and photographs Paige left behind.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This book was pretty drawn out and it was not as interesting as I had hoped. To sum it up, it was a perfectly scary and horrifying plot but could have been paced a lot faster.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Paige has just moved to Idaho from L.A and she absolutely despises it. To make it even worse she is living in a run down house that is infected with bugs and just about any creepy-crawly. Along with the creatures she has to worry about all the mysterious happenings within the house. Her brother is wondering around the house at night plus, things keep disappearing randomly. Then she meets a strange guy downstairs and she knows something is different about this house. The question is why is everyone else hiding it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The last book in the series that the narrator invites everyone to read. This is the truly twisted tale of the Juniper Tree (the real story of Cinderella and Rumpelstilskin).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Having a small portion to read Adam captured my attention once again with his natural story telling which are brilliantly crafted. These stories will make anyone think twice about sleeping in the dark after reading. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This book was about a boy named Barry and his birthday is coming up but his parents won't listen to what he wants! As a last resort he wishes for new parents and he winds up in <u>Youngdow </u>where kids are the boss. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Barry lands up at THE PARENT AGENCY where in 5 days he has to pick a new set of perfect parents.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But will her discovery be enough to win the coveted Athenian Award and all its perks? (See above, full scholarship to Harvard.) Or will she be undone by Dexter, her backstabbing lab partner, who is determined to deep-six her experiments at their exclusive private school?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This novel is about a girl named Addie. She is doing an experiment on how the brain works when used in various situations. In this case it is love or affection toward another. This book had sneaky and sly characters. The main character really managed to capture my attention and managed to draw me in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I give this book 5 out of 5 stars and recommend it for ages 12 and up.</span></div>
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When Silla and Nori arrive at their aunt's home, it's immediately clear that the "blood manor" is cursed. The creaking of the house and the stillness of the woods surrounding them would be enough of a sign, but there are secrets too--the questions that Silla can't ignore: Who is the beautiful boy that's appeared from the woods? Who is the man that her little sister sees, but no one else? And why does it seem that, ever since they arrived, the trees have been creeping closer? </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A brilliantly, terrifying novel that is just creatively stunning. Another perfect novel by Dawn Kurtagich! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two sisters that are trying to escape the clutches of their abusive father end up at their aunt's manor called Blood Manor and end up believing it is cursed. When her aunt goes crazy and locks herself in the attic, Silla and Nori now have to live in Blood Manor afraid of what lurks in and out of the house. When the garden and yard start dying and turning to ash, they begin to starve, but when a charming boy shows up with apples they seem to just let him in. Silla, however, is always suspicious and now she has to worry about her younger sister Nori, her crazy aunt, the charming boy with apples and the trees! The trees are slowly creeping in and making the house sink in to the earth and in the shadow the creeper man is watching. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My favorite part is when Silla forgives herself because she was suffering because she wouldn't forgive herself. My favorite character is Nori because she is so innocent and perfect, but she has seen everything that adults tend to miss because of being so busy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even though this book was a horror story it also had a great lesson about forgiving yourself. I just love how this author can make a book so well-written that it occupies your imagination and still has a great lesson mixed in. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I give this book 5 out of 5 stars and recommend it for ages 12 and up. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15151084532464896298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269800030204061579.post-89339625626842667122016-08-14T01:00:00.000-05:002016-08-14T01:00:24.479-05:00BOOK REVIEW: Genuis: The Game by Leopoldo Gout<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>The Game: </b>Get ready for Zero Hour as 200 geniuses from around the world go head to head in a competition hand-devised by India's youngest CEO and visionary.</div>
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<u style="text-decoration: underline;">Rex-</u> One of the best programmers/hackers in the world, this 16-year-old Mexican-American is determined to find his missing brother.</div>
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<u style="text-decoration: underline;">Tunde-</u>This14-year-old self-taught engineering genius has drawn the attention of a ruthless military warlord by single-handedly bringing electricity and internet to his small Nigerian village.</div>
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<b>The Stakes:</b> Are higher than you can imagine. Like life and death. Welcome to the revolution. And get ready to run.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This book is brilliantly written with characters that manipulate your mind! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This novel is about all of the young geniuses of the world from the perspectives of three web friends, Rex, Painted Wolf and Tunde. All 3 of them get invited to "The Game" which is the competition for the top young minds in the world. The 3 need to find out all they can about "The Game" and why they are really there. Tunde has to build a jammer and win no matter what to keep his family from danger. Rex has ended up in jail, and Painted Wolf has to keep her identity a secret. All of happens during the time they spend together at the big event "The Game". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My favorite character is Painted Wolf because she has to keep her identity a secret and help her friends all at the same time. My favorite part is when Painted Wolf dresses up like a lawyer and bails Rex out of jail. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This book should be read by ALL teens because all of the brilliance of exceptional young people in this novel. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I give this book 4 out of 5 stars and recommend it for ages 12 and up. </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15151084532464896298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269800030204061579.post-79159029187065823662016-08-13T01:00:00.000-05:002016-08-13T01:00:26.364-05:00BOOK REVIEW: Death Cat Sally by P.S. Brooks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After seventeen-year-old Sally Rancher knocks over a cat named Zachary, it's only the start of her nightmare. Trying to help, Sally is hit by a truck. Waking from a coma, she sees that half of Zachary's spirit is fused to her shoulder and he can talk. Able to communicate with animals, Sally finds when she falls asleep or becomes unconscious, both Zachary and her are pulled into No Man's Land – a dark, spine-chilling realm filled with vengeful animal spirits. As No Man's Land becomes ever more twisted and terrifying, Sally and Zachary become pivotal in solving a mystery that concerns not only them, but all life on the planet. If only Zachary could keep his mouth shut for more than five seconds, they might have some chance. Who… or what… is responsible?</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This book is so different, but it is exciting and full of great action! However, it could use some more exciting, descriptive words. Throughout the book, I lost some interest and I felt that I was trying so hard to finish. Overall though, it was a pretty good book. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One night, Sally, on the verge of sleep, hits a cat named Zachary. She gets out of her car and desperately tries to wake the cat. With so much commotion going on Sally doesn't see the truck. Sally is hit by the truck and put in a coma. When she finally awakes from the coma, she finds Zachary attached to her shoulder! Now that she knows she can talk to animals and Zachary, she is in despair. When sleeping, Zachary and her are taken to a place called No Man's Land. While in No Man's Land, she finds more than she expected with tons of mysteries to solve. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My favorite part is when Zachary appears on Sally's shoulder because it is so funny and extremely weird. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I give this book 3 out of 5 stars and recommend it for ages 11 and up. </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15151084532464896298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269800030204061579.post-62305775334821523442016-08-12T02:00:00.000-05:002016-08-12T02:00:14.247-05:00BLOG TOUR, INTERVIEW & REVIEW: Dr. Fell and the Playground of Doom by David Neilsen <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">“Such deliciously creepy fun! I fell in love with Dr. Fell! So will urchins and whippersnappers everywhere.” —</span><b style="color: #333333;">Chris Grabenstein</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">, author of the </span><i style="color: #333333;">New York Times</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> bestsellers </span><i style="color: #333333;">Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">and </span><i style="color: #333333;">The Island of Dr. Libris</i></span></div>
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When the mysterious Dr. Fell moves into the abandoned house that had once been the neighborhood kids’ hangout, he immediately builds a playground to win them over. But as the ever-changing play space becomes bigger and more elaborate, the children and their parents fall deeper under the doctor’s spell.</div>
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Only Jerry, Nancy, and Gail are immune to the lure of his extravagant wonderland. And they alone notice that when the injuries begin to pile up on the jungle gym, somehow Dr. Fell is able to heal each one with miraculous speed. Now the three children must find a way to uncover the doctor’s secret power without being captivated by his trickery.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Recommended for school libraries that need to breathe life into their traditional mystery collections." —<i style="background-color: transparent;"><b>School Library Journal</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This book was absolutely amazing! It drew me in from the first page and is an adventure to the very end. I didn't want to put it down because it was so good! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My favorite character is Jerry because he is super duper smart. My favorite part is when Dr. Fell came in to town because he talks funny, dresses funny and acts funny. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This book is really good. I would recommend it to anyone who wants a good adventure. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I give this book 5 out of 5 stars and recommend it for ages 8 to 13. </span><br />
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Why did you choose a playground?</i></span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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naturally attract children. It just seemed to me that the most obvious
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">The character of Dr. Fell came from a
print by the late children’s illustrator Trina Schart Hyman which had been
hanging on the wall in the home of my wife’s parents for years. The drawing
shows a man in a suit and top hat leering down at a little girl, who looks back
at him suspiciously. The man has a large basket strapped to his back out of
which are sticking various arms, legs, and heads of little children. It’s
labelled “Dr. Fell” and Hyman drew it when asked to create an image from her
favorite fable or fairy tale. Curious, I looked up Dr. Fell online and
discovered the four-line poem written in 1680 which I’ve included at the
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Fell. While his title could have implied a number of different things, I chose
to take it literally and have him offer his services as a doctor to the
neighborhood. There’s an element of trust we give our doctors, and I liked the
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have agreed to live with us as long as we continue to feed them, scratch their
heads from time to time, and clean their litter box. One of them likes to climb
onto my lap when I’m trying to write--it’s her way of reminding me that as busy
as life gets, there’s always time to stop and pet the kitty.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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When you were a kid would you have loved to play on Dr. Fell's playground?</i></span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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playground now! I am a big fan of playgrounds. A few years ago I led a team to
build a new awesome playground for one of our local elementary schools. As I
wrote more of the book and the playground continued to develop, I added
elements to it that I’d personally find fun and exciting--things I’d always
wanted to see on a playground. So in many ways, I designed my own perfect
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character is Dr. Fell himself. I really enjoyed creating him, giving him a
history, and developing his distinct pattern of speech. He’s wonderfully evil,
but hides his evil beneath a layer of civility. I also loved creating the more
mysterious aspects of him and teasing them out piece by piece: for example, the
way his shoes seem to creak when he walks, his large crates, the odd images on
his walls. He really was a fun character to write. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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What is your favorite color? Why?</i></span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i>She tried to ignore them. But some things won't be ignored.</i></b></div>
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Kat Preston doesn't believe in ghosts. Not because she's never seen one, but because she saw one too many. Refusing to believe is the only way to protect herself from the ghost that tried to steal her life. Kat's disbelief keeps her safe until her junior year at McTernan Academy, when a research project for an eccentric teacher takes her to a tiny, private island off the coast of Connecticut.</div>
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The site of a grisly mystery, the Isle of Acacia is no place for a girl who ignores ghosts, but the ghosts leave Kat little choice. Accompanied by her research partner, Evan Kingsley, she investigates the disappearance of Cassie Mallory and Sebastian Radcliffe on their wedding night in 1886. Evan's scientific approach to everything leaves Kat on her own to confront a host of unbelievables: ancestral curses, powerful spells, and her strange connection to the ghosts that haunt Castle Creighton.But that's all before Kat's yanked through a magic portal and Evan follows her. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This book was unbelievable, and really well written. It had a great pace and fantastic characters. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kat Preston doesn't like the idea on anything about ghosts, but when her professor assigns her and other students a project to uncover the mystery behind a 129 -year-old curse, she finds herself back to her 9-year-old self. After a terrifying experience with a ghost, she had to stop believing in them, but how can she face them again? However, in order to solve the mystery she has to get rid of her fear! Kat and her classmate, Evan, are yanked in a magical mirror portal by a ghost named Turia to 129 years ago when the curse was put in to place. Now they have to stay in the ghost's body and figure out a way home and how to break the curse. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My favorite part is when Kat and Evan see the biggest part of how the curse was placed and where the couple that was cursed went. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This books was fascinating, but I had hoped that it took a little bit longer in some parts to give it the overall dire effect of reversing the curse. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15151084532464896298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269800030204061579.post-19915711222989740482016-08-11T01:30:00.000-05:002016-08-11T01:30:25.227-05:00BOOK REVIEW: The Sisters by Claire Douglas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After a tragic accident, still haunted by her twin sister’s death, Abi is making a fresh start in Bath. But when she meets siblings Bea and Ben, she is quickly drawn into their privileged and unsettling circle.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This novel is about a girl named Abi. Recently her twin sister, Lucy, died and Abi blames herself. Abi is haunted of that day and by Lucy's face. Abi wants to deeply find someone like Lucy, even if she doesn't know it. On one rainy day, Abi meets Bea, a girl that closely resembles Lucy. Soon Abi meets Bea's twin brother, Ben, and is instantly drawn to him. After a while, Abi moves in with Bea and Ben and gets involved in a relationship with Ben. Things start to get tense with Abi and Bea. Bea doesn't want Abi dating Ben and Abi doesn't want Bea to be so protective of Ben. Arguments start happening with Ben always in the middle. Ben has to take sides, but Ben is keeping secrets and is manipulating them. Everyone has been pointing fingers at the wrong person!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My favorite character is Nia because she is everything a best friend should be. Nia is loyal, well put together, caring and brave. My favorite part is when Bea and Abi finally become friends again because they would have been excellent friends if it wasn't for Ben. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This book is full of a spine-twisting mystery, however, I would've liked a little more perspective of their lives for that overall tension. I enjoyed this book overall. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These two weeks had been hell for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn’t know how I was going to pull this off for the eight months I still had left in this hell of a town. My parents didn’t get me, and she was around all the time, suffocating me. My heart skipped a beat every time I heard her voice, and it doubled in speed when she was near me. I wouldn’t be able to stay away, I knew it. She was breaking my heart all over again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I stayed there like a jerk, as if I didn’t give a crap about her or her feelings, but I cried. I missed her. I wanted to hold her at night and tell her that everything would be alright, but I couldn’t. I promised I would stay away—I couldn’t hurt her, anymore. I pushed my knees to my chest to hold myself together and to keep me from crumbling. Sometimes, I had to place my closed fist against my mouth, so she wouldn’t hear me sob. I wished she would have, though. I wished she would have opened the door and saw me sitting there, caring about her, suffering like she did.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My mom was getting suspicious about me. She knew about her, or at least that something wasn’t right. My face, the permanent dark circles under my eyes, and my lack of appetite wasn’t normal, though. I was okay, before her parents’ accident—I had started to pull myself together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This night was especially bad. She stayed in the bathroom for hours. I had been on the other side, hearing her cry and wishing I could take it all away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was starting to get really scared for her. I left before my parents woke up, unable to face them and those disapproving looks, anymore, like I wasn’t doing anything right with my life. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They wanted a perfect son and they didn’t have one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was in no condition to go to college—I couldn’t even imagine myself being closed behind four walls for another four or five years. I needed something to take my thoughts away—something that would fuel me with adrenaline. They wouldn’t approve of the plans I’d been making. They’d hate them, in fact, but I didn’t care, anymore, I just needed to get away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found the plot confusing, the characters undeveloped, and it ruined the first 7 books for me completely. I found the whole book was horribly set up. </span></div>
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Eighteen-year-old Jill Charron's senior trip to Italy was supposed to be the adventure of a lifetime. And then the accident happened. Waking up in a hospital room, her leg in a cast, stitches in her face, and a big blank canvas where the last 6 weeks should be, Jill comes to discover she was involved in a fatal accident in her travels abroad. She was jetted home by her affluent father in order to receive quality care. Care that includes a lawyer. And a press team. Because maybe the accident...wasn't an accident. Wondering not just what happened but what she did, Jill tries to piece together the events of the past six weeks before she loses her thin hold on her once-perfect life.</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">REVIEW BY: Angel, age 13 years, 9 months</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This novel was one of the best books I have ever read! I have never read a book where everything and everyone you believe in turns out that you can't trust anything or anyone at all! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This book is about two best friends named Jill and Simone. There is an accident while on their school trip to Italy. However, some believe it was murder. Jill and Simone were in an accident and Simone died. Jill cannot remember anything about what really happened in the car in Italy. People start saying that Jill was jealous of Simone and attempted to murder her. Others say that Jill attempted to kill Simone after Simone kissed Jill's boyfriend. While Jill still doesn't remember anything, she wants everyone to believe that she didn't kill Simone and that it was an accident. People really aren't sure what to believe in this fast-paced mystery, adventure book. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My favorite character is Anna because even though she has an attitude, she is a great friend. My favorite part is learning all the juicy details of the accident. It was definitely not what I expected! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I give this book 5 out of 5 stars and recommend it for ages 13 and up. </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15151084532464896298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269800030204061579.post-5115046398461208092016-08-09T02:30:00.000-05:002016-08-09T02:30:10.038-05:00BOOK REVIEW: A Forest of Wolves (The Uprising) by Chelsea Luna<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In a few short weeks seventeen-year-old Mila has gone from being Ludmila Novakova, pampered daughter of the High Chancellor of Bohemia, to becoming a traitor escaping the palace at midnight in her wedding nightgown. Her country is in chaos, an army is marching from Austria, and revolution is a breath away.</div>
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Mila is caught in the middle, between the man she loves—Marc, the son of a blacksmith and a leader of the rebellion—and the murderer the Church calls her husband. Even as she flees with Marc into the heart of the resistance, where the suspicions of angry citizens make her every palace-born habit a danger, she knows he hasn’t told her everything.</div>
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But Mila is keeping the biggest secret herself: she is the heir to the throne, the daughter of embattled King Rudolf and Princess of Bohemia. The truth will turn the fury of both sides against her, leaving Mila alone to win her country’s freedom—and her own . . .</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love how developed these characters are. The 2 villains are so cruel and unforgiving. The major characters are loving and yet, they sacrifice so much for their cause. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My favorite character is Ludmila because even in the face of torture, poverty, and death she never strays from her cause. She does what is right even when its not easy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The setting of this book is beautifully described. The whole book is detailed perfectly and overall, this is definitely a 5 star novel! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I recommend this book to anyone who likes stories of torn kingdoms, war, romance and action. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I give this book 5 out of 5 stars and recommend it for ages 14 and up. </span></div>
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