CHILDREN'S
Released: Dec. 18, 2012
"Be prepared--the darkest minds do indeed "hide behind the most unlikely faces." (Dystopian thriller. 14 & up)"
Imagine a not-too-distant future in which 98 percent of America's 10- to 17-year-olds have fallen victim to disease, and the remaining 2 percent are imprisoned in "rehabilitation camps," thanks to a paranoid government that fears the powers they possess.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Dec. 11, 2012
"For readers who find George R.R. Martin's epic too much, here's considerably less. Sequels are certain. (Fantasy. 13-17)"
Lips meet, hearts blaze, blood gushes and kingdoms clash in this thoroughly predictable Song of Ice and Fire wannabe.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 31, 2012
"Some gems for readers willing to get out the sieve. (Nonfiction. 12 & up)"
Plodding through this mostly disposable collection of blog posts is claustrophobically tiring, like watching someone else reflected in a hall of mirrors.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 30, 2012
"Those reading the book for the mystery will have given up long before it grinds to its tepid, 400-plus–page conclusion. (Historical mystery. 14 & up)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 25, 2012
"Nevertheless, a vividly depicted and gripping tragedy. (Thriller. 12 & up)"
In this fast-paced, suspenseful thriller, two high-school seniors and a classroom full of first-graders are held hostage at gunpoint by a distraught, emotionally disturbed parent.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 16, 2012
"If there's little doubt about the end of the trip, readers will be happy they've gone along for the ride. (Fiction. 14 & up)"
Angry, just-turned-16-year-old Alex, a white boy, and equally angry but very old Lester, a black man, are unlikely road-trip buddies in this novel that transcends its conventions.
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