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Steelheart Author: Brandon Sanderson Reviewed by: Elizabeth Release date: Tuesday, September 24, 2013
David has lived through his adolescence with one goal. He eats, sleeps, breaths that one thing. (And no, it is not that one thing.) He has taken meticulous and exhaustive notes. He's made plans and engineered his entire life so that he... |
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Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead On shelves 08/07/2012 |
Rebecca Stead is the author of one of my favorite children's books, When You Reach Me, a beautiful slice of New York life with quirky... |
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The Edge of Nowhere by Elizabeth George On shelves 09/04/2012 |
Becca King, the 14-year-old heroine of The Edge of Nowhere, can read minds. Unless she has her AUD box, a device that looks something... |
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Nightsong by Ari Berk On shelves 09/25/2012 |
This is a wonderful story about a young bat named Chiro's first solo journey to find food. His mother sends him off on his own to conquer... |
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Confessions of a Murder Suspect by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro On shelves 09/24/2012 |
To begin with, I am one of maybe 5 people who had never read James Patterson. Ever. This will not be the last Patterson book I read. Yes, despite... |
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Unspoken (1 Lynburn Legacy) by Sarah Rees Brennan On shelves 09/11/2012 |
Here's a manor-life twist that we haven't seen yet. Unspoken is a fun blend of frothy paranormal romance and dark mystery laced with... |
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Burn Mark by Laura Powell On shelves 06/19/2012 |
Here's an exercise. Substitute mafia for every instance of witch in Burn Mark as you read. Does the story change? Not... |
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The Iron Wyrm Affair (1 Bannon and Clare) by Lilith Saintcrow On shelves 08/07/2012 |
The Iron Wyrm Affair is the beginning of a wonderful relationship! Saintcrow has concocted a delightful melange of a world out of the... |
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The Wednesdays by Julie Bourbeau On shelves 08/14/2012 |
There was a little village halfway up a seaside mountain that was perfect in every way — except on Wednesdays. On Wednesdays there was no end to... |
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One Year in Coal Harbor by Polly Horvath On shelves 09/11/2012 |
Polly Horvath is always a joy to read. Her characters are always smart (even when bumbling) and always positive (even when faced with loss). She... |
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Safekeeping by Karen Hesse On shelves 09/18/2012 |
Safekeeping is a quiet shout. Told as much through Hesse's ambiguous photography as her haunting and dream-like prose, it is a series of... |
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The Crown of Embers by Rae Carson On shelves 09/18/2012 |
The Girl of Fire and Thorns was such a brilliantly unique contribution to young... |
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Who Could That Be at This Hour (1 All the Wrong Questions) by Lemony Snicket On shelves 10/23/2012 |
You probably shouldn't want to read this book. It's the pointless tale of a shiftless young author asking questions that shouldn't be asked and... |
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Gods and Warriors by Michelle Paver On shelves 09/04/2012 |
This is Michelle Paver's second foray into ancient history. Her first series — The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness — dealt with Neolithic... |
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Ask the Passengers by A. S. King On shelves 10/23/2012 |
Astrid Jones lives in teen hell. Her home is repressive, white-supremist Unity Valley. Her father is broken and perpetually stoned. Her sister... |
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Elemental by Antony John On shelves 11/21/2012 |
Elemental is one of those books that straddles the boundaries between science fiction and fantasy. People have powers, but there are (... |
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