August 29th, 2008 at 10:51am
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Audience: Young Adult
Rating: A-
Synopsis:
This is not your typical fairy tale… it’s much darker, much edgier, and much more suspenseful. Kaye has always felt like she didn’t fit in. And it isn’t just because when she was little she thought she was friends with faeries. It’s because when she was little she knows she was friends with faeries and she knows that faeries exist. So when she finds herself falling in love with a faerie and embroiled in a middle of a faerie war, she’s not too surprised … until she learns something about her own past – how she’s a faerie as well.
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August 28th, 2008 at 8:38am
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Audience: Middle School
Rating: A-
Synopsis:
This book begins with the collision of the moon and the meteor and the action continues to be much faster paced than LAWKI. Alex, a high school junior, is left in charge of his two younger sisters because both of his parents are missing post collision. Alex’s struggles to keep his sisters alive and well are much different than Miranda’s difficulties. Hearing this story from a very different perspective was fascinating -–and intensely scary.
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August 27th, 2008 at 1:58pm
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Audience: Young Adult
Rating: B+
Synopsis:
Sydney, Raven, Kelly and Alexia have been friends forever – but lately they haven’t had much time for each other. Then, due to some similarly timed break-ups, they suddenly have lots of time – too much time – because they’re busy dealing with broken hearts. Alexia, the chronically single friend, comes to the rescue by creating the ‘Break-up Code,’ an exhaustive list of rules that girls must follow to get over their ex’s. Except… the rules are awfully hard to follow and feelings are awfully hard to control…
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