CHILDREN'S
Released: April 1, 2005
"Some nice characterization and connection with historical explorers, but closes with an emptiness reminiscent of reality TV itself. (end note, bibliography) (Science fiction. 10-14)"
This tale of five 14-year-olds in a life-endangering reality show sustains tension through the middle, but ends weakly.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2008
"Impressive world-building, breathtaking action and clear philosophical concerns make this volume, the beginning of a planned trilogy, as good as The Giver and more exciting. (Science fiction. 11 & up)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: June 1, 2009
"The authors' name recognition (The Nanny Diaries, 2002, etc.) should guarantee some sales. (Fiction. YA)"
Jesse is convinced her senior year will be nothing short of pathetically normal until she's picked to be one of the six stars of The Real Hampton Beach, a reality show filming in her town.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2009
"Entertainingly gruesome and emotionally resonant—but ultimately contrived. (Science fiction. 11-13)"
Lyn is the daughter of seven neo-gladiators, the men her mother married, one after another, until each died in the arena for the pleasure of the national TV audience.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2010
"Good, romantic—and a little weird—entertainment. (Paranormal romance. 10 & up)"
Evie wants a normal teenage life, but at the IPCA Center (International Paranormal Containment Agency) life is decidedly not normal.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Feb. 1, 2011
"Love, American style. (Fiction. YA)"
After a successful first season of Jenna & Jonah's How to Be a Rock Star, teen idols Charlie and Aaron (aka Fielding Withers to his fans) are given an ultimatum: "fall in love or fall apart."
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