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The Golem and the Jinni Author: Helene Wecker Reviewed by: Elizabeth Release date: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 The Golem and the Jinni is magnificent. In scale and scope, in lush detail and rich flavor, in intricate characterizations and compelling narrative. It is a story that leaves a mark.
The Golem and the Jinni are creatures bound... |
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The Cats of Tanglewood Forest by Charles de Lint On shelves 03/12/2013 |
The only thing I don't absolutely love about this book is the title.
The cats are important to the plot, but they're not central... |
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The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken On shelves 12/18/2012 |
You're not quite sure while reading The Darkest Minds just why Ruby thinks she is a monster. Yes, she sees kids with her psychic... |
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The Different Girl by Gordon Dahlquist On shelves 02/21/2012 |
The Different Girl began life as a libretto for an opera, and it still has a theatrical feel to the plot pacing. Though I really can't... |
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How to Lead a Life of Crime by Kirsten Miller On shelves 02/21/2013 |
This was a hard read! For much of the book I wasn't sure whether I was reading a satire or something much, much darker. I think I settled on the... |
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Tilly's Moonlight Garden by Julia Green On shelves 10/02/2012 |
Tilly has just moved into a cold, old mansion on the edge of town. She doesn't know anyone in her new school, and from the mean looks she gets... |
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Prodigy (2 Legend) by Marie Lu On shelves 01/29/2013 |
June is one of my favorite YA characters. On the one hand, she's an assault weapon with a mind that is constantly calculating. She's brilliant... |
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Love and Other Perishable Items by Laura Buzo On shelves 12/11/2012 |
"Adolescence! How I don't miss you!"
Love and Other Perishable Items is a brilliant tale of a first crush — with that person who... |
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The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau On shelves 06/04/2013 |
You won't be able to put this book down! And when you're done you'll immediately be grumbling that the next book in the series is a whole year... |
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The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There by Catherynne M. Valente On shelves 10/02/2012 |
I know Valente's books are not for everyone. Her style is so florid and complex it just turns off reluctant readers. However, I prefer to look at... |
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Going Vintage by Lindsey Leavitt On shelves 03/19/2013 |
This is a way cute story. Mallory is a junior in high school and has a boyfriend, Jeremy. She believes she's in love with him. He is her first... |
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The Friday Society by Adrienne Kress On shelves 12/06/2012 |
Best YA book of the year!
I know I said that about a few others already. But really, they just keep getting better. And in so many... |
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Miss Fortune Cookie by Lauren Bjorkman On shelves 11/13/2012 |
Miss Fortune Cookie starts out as a tale of three girls who are moving into adulthood. Three rather nerdy and somewhat repressed girls,... |
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I Funny by James Patterson & Chris Grabenstein On shelves 12/10/2012 |
Not what I expected at all! I think every bookseller is getting a tad tired of Wimpy Kid knock-offs. And, at a glance, I Funny... |
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Case File 13: Zombie Kid by J. Scott Savage On shelves 12/26/2012 |
Nick, Angelo, and Carter call themselves the Three Monsterteers because they love monsters so much. Every year, they blow the other kids out of... |
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The Misadventures of Edgar and Allan Poe: The Tell-Tale Start by Gordon McAlpine On shelves 01/10/2013 |
Edgar and Allan Poe look a lot like their great-great-great-great-granduncle, Edgar Allan Poe. While the boys create trouble for themselves,... |
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