by Jenny Davidson
Fifteen-year-old Sophie lives in Edinburgh, Scotland in the 1930s, but Sophie’s Scotland is much different from the 1930s Scotland found in our text books. In Sophie’s world, England lost the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 and the northern countries banded together to form the New Hanseatic League. Sophie’s Scotland is dealing with suicide [...]
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The Explosionist
Library Mistrepresentation…For a Good Laugh
From Bookshelves of Doom:
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She and/or her producers obviously haven’t been in a library in awhile. Card catalogs! Repressed young librarians w/ glasses and sweater vests! Shelf after shelf of old encyclopedias! Hilarious.
And I promise I’ve actually read some books and I am going to post about them I’m just having a hard time coming up [...]
And the Nominees Are…
I’m a little behind in my blogging, so many of you may already know this, but the Cybils nominees have been announced. The lists are long and full of many great books. Of course, I am most interested in the Young Adult and the Fantasy and Science Fiction (Young Adult) categories, but you can check [...]
Tail of the Moon (vols. 1 and 2)
by Rinko Ueda
Usagi’s grandfather is the leader of a prestigious clan of ninjas. At one time, he had hoped that Usagi would become one of his ninjas but he has given up hope. Usagi is clumsy and not at all interested in ninja studies. Since she will never be a ninja, Usagi’s grandfather sends her [...]
National Book Award Finalists
The National Book Award finalists have been announced. The young adult nominees are:
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp
I haven’t read any of these (three have yet to be released) though [...]
Don't Forget!
Cybils nominating ends tomorrow, so if you haven’t yet submited your fav book from this year get over to their website ASAP.
Kitty Kitty
by Michele Jaffe
Jas is back (Bad Kitty) and trying not to be up to her same old tricks. She has vowed to be the model daughter so her father (Dadzilla) will allow her to leave her Venice prison and go back to California to be with her super-awesome friends, Polly, Roxy, and Tom, and [...]
Chalice
by Robin McKinley
When the Master and Chalice die unexpectedly both without apprentices, their land is sent into a devastating upheaval. The remaining members of the Circle are forced to make choices and consult the rods to find replacements for these two most important people of the demesne. The Grand Seneschal makes the decision to call [...]
Yowza Part II
I haven’t talked much about Stephenie Meyer and the Twilight books because I read and really enjoyed the first one then read and got very annoyed with the second one and couldn’t bring myself to go on. I mean, how could Bella believe one day that Edward meant to stay with her forever and the [...]
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Teens' Top Ten
8,000 teens voted on their top ten books. Here’s the list:
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
The Sweet Far Thing by Libba [...]
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