CHILDREN'S
Released: Jan. 1, 2012
"A fizzy mix of multilayered comedy and awesomely destructive battles, presented from an unusual narrative angle. (Adventure. 10-13)"
Continuing to plead that he's not the
Archvillain (2010) everyone makes him out to be, a teenager with super powers complicates his case by falling in with a hilariously crazed megalomaniac bent on world conquest.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Dec. 13, 2011
"A ripping English boarding-school story with a perceptive heroine and time-travel twist guaranteed to appeal to modern schoolgirls. (Fantasy. 10-13)"
A spoiled, contemporary English schoolgirl travels back in time to 1935, where she must adjust to a different life style, make new friends and complete a mysterious task.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Nov. 15, 2011
"If hoping to grab a heartfelt connection, readers may feel sidelined, but plot turns will certainly keep them entranced. (Dystopia. 10-14)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: Nov. 1, 2011
"From dust jacket (which purportedly contains clues to the pseudonymous author's identity) to closing page of disguised notes, a pleaser for fans of reading that requires decoding. (map, cast list) (Fantasy. 11-13)"
Hidden messages, ambiguous clues, cryptic hints and double entendres crowd chockablock into this puzzle mystery.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Nov. 1, 2011
"Ultimately, readers will feel this has all been done before. (Science fiction. 10-14) "
CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 11, 2011
"Though the logistics of Jenni's time travel are a bit convoluted and the characters often feel disappointingly flat, preteen readers will likely be swept up in the suspense of Jenni's journeys back and forth in time. (Fantasy. 9-12)"
Time travel to a disturbing near future forces a preteen to cope for the first time without the help of her best friend.
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