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Category Archives: YA
Review: Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
Age Range: 12 and up/Grade 7 and up Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Delacorte Press; First Edition edition (September 24, 2013) ISBN-10: 0385743564 Source: Publisher A decade ago Calamity came, a meteor that gave people extraordinary powers. Soon these individuals began … Continue reading
#Mx3 Review: The Waking Dark by Robin Wasserman
Hardcover: 464 pages Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers (September 10, 2013) ISBN-10: 0375868771 Source: Publisher The citizens of the small town of Oleander, Kansas call it the killing day: five people with seemingly no connection commit murders, killing 12 … Continue reading
Posted in Horror, Knopf, Murders, Monsters, & Mayhem, Review, YA
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Mx3 Review: Asylum by Madeleine Roux
Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: HarperCollins (August 20, 2013) ISBN-10: 0062220969 Source: Personal Copy Sixteen-year-old Dan Crawford is looking forward to starting the summer program at New Hampshire College Prep. He’s not really part of the “in-crowd” at his high school … Continue reading
Posted in Harper Teen, Horror, Murders, Monsters, & Mayhem, Review, YA
Tagged criminally insane, mental asylum
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Review: The Registry by Shannon Stoker
Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (June 11, 2013) ISBN-10: 0062271725 Source: Publisher Years ago, The Registry saved the country from potential collapse. Girls are groomed to be perfect wives and are sold for the highest bid … Continue reading
Posted in Dystopian fiction, Review, William Morrow, YA
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Review: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin (February 26, 2013) ISBN-10: 1250012570 Source: Library copy The year is 1986 in Omaha, Nebraska. Park is a sixteen-year-old part Asian boy living in a mostly white community. He’s not an outcast but … Continue reading
Posted in Review, St. Martin's Griffin, YA
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Frightful Friday: The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. The featured title this week is The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey: Age Range: 12 and up Hardcover: 480 … Continue reading
Posted in Frightful Friday, Penguin, Review, YA
Tagged aliens, apocalyptic, end of the world
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Review: I Am Lucky Bird by Fleur Philips
Paperback: 280 pages Publisher: New Dawn Publishers Ltd (May 27, 2012) ISBN-10: 1908462043 Source: BookSparks PR Twelve-year-old Lucky Bird’s young life comes to a screeching halt when her mother, AnnMarie, disappears. Now forced to live alone with her abusive grandmother, … Continue reading
Mx3 Review: Ten by Gretchen McNeil
Reading level: Ages 13 and up Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Balzer + Bray (September 18, 2012) ISBN-10: 0062118781 Source: Publisher Best friends Meg and Minnie have been invited to an exclusive house party on Henry Island. The two friends are … Continue reading
Posted in Harper Books, Harper Teen, Murders, Monsters, & Mayhem, Mystery/Suspense, Review, Thriller, YA
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Frightful Friday: Long Lankin by Lindsey Barraclough
Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. This week’s featured book is Long Lankin by Lindsey Barraclough: Reading level: Ages 12 and up Hardcover: 464 pages … Continue reading
Posted in Candlewick, Frightful Friday, Horror, Review, YA
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Frightful Friday Audiobook Review: I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga
Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. This week’s featured book is I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga: Listening Length: 9 hours and 32 minutes Version: Unabridged … Continue reading
Posted in Audiobook, Frightful Friday, Hachette Audio, Horror, Review, YA
Tagged serial killer, sociopath, young adult
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