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Young Adult Fiction
Reviewed by Kim Baccellia, Editor     October 02, 2010
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4.0
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4.0
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Cute, fun tale

Breeze Brannigan feels like such an oddball. She's the tallest student in her eighth grade. Also she has super curly red hair, wears huge elephant sized shoes, and braces that can blind anyone. Then she notices Cam, a new boy who's nothing like the others at her...

Young Adult Fiction
Reviewed by Kim Baccellia, Editor     September 24, 2010
Overall rating 
 
4.0
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4.0
Characters 
 
0.0
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0.0

Cooking up another Great Dead Tale

The town of Nightshade is preparing for it's two hundredth anniversary which is on Halloween. Nightshade is used to strange things considering most of the residents have some kind of paranormal ability. Still that doesn't prepare them for the string of blackmail letters that comes to those with...

Young Adult Fiction
Reviewed by Kim Baccellia, Editor     September 21, 2010
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3.0
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3.0
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0.0
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Birds of a feather flock together

Summer camp usually means fun away from parents where you meet and make new friends and memories. But something isn't quite right at Camp Fielding. Jenna and Lucas are sent there after a mysterious man appears at both of their homes, offering a chance to unleash their hidden...

Young Adult Fiction
Reviewed by Kim Baccellia, Editor     September 18, 2010
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4.0
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4.0
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0.0
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Welcome to the World of Others

Gwen Williams isn't like other people in her small Washington town. She's a shapeshifter. She longs to let out her secret but this is dangerous as it's socially unacceptable. To make matters worse, she's dating Zack, an ultra religious guy, with a thing for the Medieval time...

Young Adult Fiction
Reviewed by Kim Baccellia, Editor     September 15, 2010
Overall rating 
 
4.0
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4.0
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Sizzling chemistry

Carlos Fuentes is sent to live with his older brother Alex in Colorado. Carlos wants nothing to do with following any rules. In fact he rebels against them. Then he's sent to live with one of Alex's college professor's and feels totally out of place. What's...

Young Adult Fiction
Reviewed by Kim Baccellia, Editor     September 12, 2010
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3.0
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3.0
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0.0
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Amigas, Parties, and Quinceaneras

Alicia Cruz has it all. She lives in Miami, Florida and just got a prestigious internship. Then she runs into Sarita, who's quinceanera--traditional fifteenth birthday party--is coming up. Alicia gets all her friends together to help plan the 'perfect' quinceanera. But she doesn't realize how much...

Young Adult Fiction
Reviewed by Kim Baccellia, Editor     September 09, 2010
Overall rating 
 
5.0
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5.0
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0.0
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0.0

Another Egmont hit!

Persephone "Phe" Archer has had a hard time after the drowning death of her sister. After a series of dreams, she decides to go to Devenish Prep in Shadow Hills, Massachusetts, the place mentioned in her sister's diary. Once there she finds the same graveyard that she'd seen...

Young Adult Fiction
Reviewed by Kim Baccellia, Editor     September 06, 2010
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3.0
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3.0
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0.0
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0.0

Dangerous double life of a zombie

Karen Desonne is living a dangerous double life. When she was alive, Karen lived the live of a normal teen. Now that she's a dead, she's trying to pass as a 'beating heart', someone who is alive. In the meantime, her other zombie friends have been framed in...

Reviewed by Kim Baccellia, Editor     August 24, 2010
Overall rating 
 
5.0
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5.0
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0.0
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0.0

Bittersweet love story

In 1874, Jack is born on the coldest night of Edinburgh history,. His mother abandons him into the care of Dr. Madeleine--who's doctor, midwife, and protector of orphans. Jack is born with a frozen heart. Dr. Madeleine saves his life by placing a cuckoo clock in his...

Young Adult Fiction
Reviewed by Kim Baccellia, Editor     August 21, 2010
Overall rating 
 
4.0
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4.0
Characters 
 
0.0
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0.0

The Dead tell No Lies

Jennie Lovell's heart is broken. Her fiancee has fallen on the battlefield, leaving her at the mercy of his stingy, indifferent family. Jennie tries to get her life back but is haunted by a mysterious figure that refuses to let her go on. Jennie befriends a spirit...

Young Adult Fiction
Reviewed by Kim Baccellia, Editor     August 18, 2010
Overall rating 
 
4.0
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4.0
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0.0
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0.0

Cold War secret

Jessie Gillmansen is still having problems dealing with her life after her mother's death. Then some mysterious dark things show up in her hometown of Junction. Rumors fly around which only grow stronger with the arrival of a new hot guy at Junction High. Pietr Rusakova good...

Kids Fiction
Reviewed by Kim Baccellia, Editor     August 06, 2010
Overall rating 
 
5.0
Plot/Characters/Writing Style 
 
5.0
Illustrations/Photos (if applicable) 
 
0.0

I totally Get It

Ten-year-old Caitlin's world is forever changed after the tragic shooting death of her beloved brother Devon. Her brother helped her make sense of the world around her and how to not stand out so much at school. Now that Devon's gone, she has a harder time with school....

Reviewed by Kim Baccellia, Editor     July 25, 2010
Overall rating 
 
4.0
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4.0
Characters 
 
0.0
Writing Style 
 
0.0

Dark at times humorous tale

Stacy Black is seventeen years old and just suffered a nervous breakdown. After she smashes a window, she admits herself into a mental hospital. She hates it there but hopes being there will help her overcome her deep depression. What follows is a dark at times...

Young Adult Fiction
Reviewed by Kim Baccellia, Editor     July 22, 2010
Overall rating 
 
5.0
Plot 
 
5.0
Characters 
 
0.0
Writing Style 
 
0.0

Real and Honest

Sixteen-year-old Drea is passionate about her music. She doesn't have many friends and it doesn't help that her mother tells others that she has 'issues' and a slight touch of Asbergers. Drea hates this as she wants to be known for who she is and not by a...

Young Adult Fiction
Reviewed by Kim Baccellia, Editor     July 12, 2010
Overall rating 
 
4.0
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4.0
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0.0
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0.0

Haunting Tale

Marsh Seaver can't wait for summer to start. He has some great plans that will involve his best friend Cooper. Problem is Cooper doesn't want to be a part of Marsh's plans. Marsh is bummed but to make matters worse he starts hearing things. Then he comes...

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