CarrieK | March 9, 2010
Title: Going Bovine
Author: Libba Bray
Genre: YA speculative fiction
Publisher: Delacourte Books for Young Readers
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Source: Audiobook from the public library
First line: The best day of my life happened when I was five and almost died at Disney World.
Cameron Smith is dying of Mad Cow disease. Instead of wasting away in the hospital, [...]
Category: YA fiction, audiobooks, classics, fantasy, historical fiction, mysteries, read-alouds, westerns |
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CarrieK | February 3, 2010
Title: Spellbinder
Author: Helen Stringer
Genre: Middle grade fantasy
Publisher: Feiwel and Friends
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Source: ARC through Shelf Awareness
First line: It was Wednesday.
Belladonna Johnson, the main character in Spellbinder, can see ghosts. And it’s not creepy, only inconvenient, because she often can’t tell the difference between a dead person and an alive one – and [...]
Category: children's fiction, fantasy, read-alouds |
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CarrieK | December 8, 2009
Title: On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness
Author: Andrew Peterson
Genre: Children’s fantasy
Publisher: Waterbrook Press
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Source: I won this book from Jen at Divinest Sense.
First line: The old stories tell that when the first person woke up on the first morning in the world where this tale takes place, he [...]
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CarrieK | October 26, 2009
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CarrieK | April 29, 2009
Title: 100 Cupboards
Author: N.D. Wilson
Genre: Children’s fantasy
Publisher: Random House
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
First line: Henry, Kansas, is a hot town.
100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson is an enthralling children’s fantasy, with a great mixture of humor, adventure, and scary moments. I read this aloud to my four kids (Natalie, 12; Noah, 10; Jonathan, 9; [...]
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