Stars: ****1/2 I was sent this book for review. It will not count for most of my challenges because I started it in 08 and finished it in 09. Summary: Todd Hewitt is the last boy in Prentisstown. But Prentisstown isn’t like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else’s thoughts in a constant, overwhelming, never-ending… Read More »
Chanda’s Secrets by Allan Stratton
December 22, 2008 by ·
Stars: ***** I reviewed Stratton’s newest teen novel, Leslie’s Journal in October. I’d heard about Chanda’s Secrets and wanted to give it a try. I’m counting it towards the Africa Reading Challenge and 2nd Canadian Book Challenge. Here’s a very simple summary: Chanda’s mother is not herself, her younger sister is acting out, and her… Read More »
Jade Green by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
October 19, 2008 by ·
Stars: ***** This book is being counted towards A Ghostly Challenge, R.I.P. III Challenge and Young Adult Challenge. It was also read during the Read-a-Thon. Summary: Orphaned fifteen-year-old Judith Sparrow brings two secrets to her uncle’s house in South Carolina: one, that her grief-stricken mother died in a madhouse, the other that she has disobeyed… Read More »
Leslie’s Journal by Allan Stratton
October 19, 2008 by ·
Stars: **** I received this book for review from Annick Press. I also read it during the Read-a-Thon. I’m also counting it towards the 2nd Canadian Book Challenge and Young Adult Challenge. “This could be the Go Ask Alice of the millennium….” – School Library Journal I think I might just agree with that. Although… Read More »
Sisters of Misery by Megan Kelley Hall
October 4, 2008 by ·
Stars: ***** I received this book for review from the author. It will also be counted towards the Young Adult Challenge. I’ve been reading everyone else’s reviews of this book for weeks and that just made me want to read it even more. You can find other book blogger’s reviews of this book at the… Read More »
The Time Capsule by Lurlene McDaniel
September 23, 2008 by ·
Stars: **** This book was read for the Casual Reading Challenge, Young Adult Challenge, Unread Authors, Well-Rounded Challenge and Novella Challenge. Summary: When they were six, twins Alexis and Adam wrote down what they wanted to be when they grew up, and put it in their teacher’s time capsule. Now entering their senior year in… Read More »
Pact of the Wolves by Nina Blazon (trans. Sue Innes)
September 19, 2008 by ·
Stars: ***** I received this book for review from Annick Press. It’s a YA novel. It’s a translated version of The Federation of Wolves. I will be counting it towards the 2nd Canadian Book Challenge and R.I.P. III Challenge. Summary: “A Boarding school built on the foundations of a medieval convent haunted by rumors of… Read More »
