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{Arf: Spencer Quinn}

{Arf: Spencer Quinn}

{Synopsis} – Why would anyone break into 19 Gentilly Lane? That’s where the Gaux family lives, and everyone knows they have nothing worth stealing. More important, the house is usually guarded by Birdie Gaux’s dog, Bowser, a large and handsome fellow with a big set of sharp teeth. Now Birdie is looking worried and Bowser […]

Posted May 31, 2018 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Some Assembly Required: Brian Lynch}

{Some Assembly Required: Brian Lynch}

{Synopsis} – Playing is serious business. Welcome to Toy Academy: where toys learn to play. This is where action figures train to battle, stuffed animals study the art of the hug, and collectibles practice standing very, very still. Though Grumbolt isn’t really any of those things, he’s determined to fit in. But when the Evil […]

Posted May 15, 2018 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{The White Tower: Cathryn Constable}

{The White Tower: Cathryn Constable}

{Synopsis} – When Livy’s accepted at Temple College, a school for the very brightest, no one is more surprised than her, though she has always felt different. Recently, Livy’s been drawn to the roof, where, among its towering stone angels, she has the strangest desire to fly. But her behaviour is noticed by others, for […]

Posted May 12, 2018 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Your Robot Dog Will Die: Arin Greenwood}

{Your Robot Dog Will Die: Arin Greenwood}

{Synopsis} – In the mid-21st century, dogs are all but extinct. An experiment gone awry caused every canine on Earth to become hyperintelligent. When as a species they stopped wagging their tails, hysteria ensued—followed by a program of mass euthanasia. Now the only surviving dogs are relegated to a sanctuary off the coast of Florida: […]

Posted May 5, 2018 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Wonder: R.J. Palacio}

{Wonder: R.J. Palacio}

{Synopsis} – I won’t describe what I look like. Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse. August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his […]

Posted January 17, 2018 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Skeleton Tree: Kim Ventrella}

{Skeleton Tree: Kim Ventrella}

{Synopsis} – “When Stanley Stanwright finds a bone poking out of the earth in his back garden, he is determined to take a picture of it and send it to the Young Discoverer’s Competition, thinking it will help bring his dad back home. But the bone begins to grow, reaching up out of the ground […]

Posted December 16, 2017 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Vanilla: Billy Merrell}

{Vanilla: Billy Merrell}

{Synopsis} – A bold, groundbreaking novel about coming out, coming into your own, and coming apart. Hunter and Van become boyfriends before they’re even teenagers, and stay a couple even when adolescence intervenes. But in high school, conflict arises — mostly because Hunter is much more comfortable with the sex part of sexual identity. As […]

Posted December 6, 2017 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Umberland: Wendy Spinale}

{Umberland: Wendy Spinale}

{Synopsis} – They’re dreadfully fond of beheading people here… Gwen, Pete, and the others have escaped from Everland. Except the safe haven they hoped to find at Alnwick Castle doesn’t exist. With the Queen of England on her deathbed, Duchess Alyssa has stepped in, but things have gotten worse as the cure Doc created for […]

Posted December 1, 2017 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments