Category: {Book Review}

{Paloma: Cynthia Lord}

{Paloma: Cynthia Lord}

{Synopsis} – There's a big surprise for the Shelter Pet Squad: A group of sato puppies has arrived! Satos are homeless dogs — of various breeds — from Puerto Rico. The kids will help them settle in until they are ready for adoption. Suzannah plays with a pup named Paloma until the little dog falls […]

Posted March 10, 2016 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Recess Is a Jungle!: Jack Chabert}

{Recess Is a Jungle!: Jack Chabert}

{Synopsis} – This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow! Sam, Antonio, and Lucy are passing around a soccer […]

Posted March 7, 2016 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Hush Little Baby: Caroline B. Cooney}

{Hush Little Baby: Caroline B. Cooney}

{Synopsis} – My ex-stepmother just handed me a baby, and she’s driving away. When Kit Innes’s estranged ex-stepmother, Dusty, unexpectedly drives up and pushes a large cloth-covered parcel into Kit’s arms, Kit doesn’t know what to expect. Especially when the bundle turns out to be a tiny, adorable baby. A tiny, adorable, mysterious baby boy. […]

Posted February 23, 2016 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Crossing Into Brooklyn: Mary Ann McGuigan}

{Crossing Into Brooklyn: Mary Ann McGuigan}

{Synopsis} – To Find Your Future, You Have to Face Your Past At sixteen, Morgan Lindstrum has the life that every other girl wants–at least from the outside. A privileged only child, she has everything she could ever want, except her parents' attention. A Princeton physicist and a high-powered executive, they barely have any time […]

Posted February 18, 2016 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Perdita: Faith Gardner}

{Perdita: Faith Gardner}

{Synopsis} – Granted, Arielle has a vast, excitable imagination. But she's not imagining how strange and out of control her life becomes after the death by drowning of her older sister's best friend, Perdita. Not only does this death echo the death of Arielle's own older brother, ten years before, it leads to dreams and […]

Posted February 15, 2016 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Where She Went: Gayle Forman}

{Where She Went: Gayle Forman}

{Synopsis} – Its been three years since the devastating accident . . . three years since Mia walked out of Adam's life forever. Now living on opposite coasts, Mia is Juilliard's rising star and Adam is LA tabloid fodder, thanks to his new rock star status and celebrity girlfriend. When Adam gets stuck in New […]

Posted February 11, 2016 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{If I Stay: Gayle Forman}

{If I Stay: Gayle Forman}

{Synopsis} – In the blink of an eye everything changes. Seventeen ­year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall what happened afterwards, watching her own damaged body being taken from the wreck. Little by little she struggles to put together the pieces- to figure out what she has lost, what she […]

Posted February 10, 2016 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Medusa the Mean: Joan Holub & Suzanne Williams}

{Medusa the Mean: Joan Holub & Suzanne Williams}

{Synopsis} – Medusa is the ultimate mean girl in this series that blends modern drama with ancient myths.Well researched and true to the original myths, each volume in the Goddess Girls series addresses contemporary issues, like friendships and relationships, from a classically accurate—and entertaining—perspective. In Medusa the Mean, Medusa is sick and tired of being […]

Posted February 8, 2016 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Once Upon a Frog: Sarah Mlynowski}

{Once Upon a Frog: Sarah Mlynowski}

{Synopsis} – Ribbit ribbit! Siblings Abby and Jonah are in for a surprise when the magic mirror in their basement pulls them into the classic story of The Frog Prince. Abby knows how the tale goes: the princess kisses the frog, and he transforms into a handsome prince. Right? WRONG. Turns out the princess is […]

Posted February 7, 2016 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments