Rating: (16 reviews)
Author: Melissa De La Cruz
Publisher: Hyperion
When we last left off with Schuyler Van Alen, she was just getting used to the news of being a Blue Blood, or what we normally label them as, a vampire. She gets invited into the New York Blood Bank Committee and, before she [...]
Tag Archives: Mystery & Horror
Masquerade
December 1, 2007 – 9:20 am
The Christmas Candle
December 1, 2007 – 4:59 am
Rating: (8 reviews)
Author: Richard Paul Evans
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
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Would you be more responsive to a brother’s request for money than to a beggar’s request for money? This is the question that Richard Paul Evans, author of The Christmas Box, asks his readers to consider in The Christmas Candle, a [...]
Inkspell
November 30, 2007 – 5:04 am
Rating: (200 reviews)
Author: Cornelia Funke
Publisher: The Chicken House
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Just a few chapters into Inkspell, Mo (a.k.a. “Silvertongue”) sagely says to his daughter, “Stories never really end, Meggie, even if the books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on. They don’t end on the last page, any more than they begin [...]
High Rhulain (Redwall)
November 29, 2007 – 11:24 am
Rating: (26 reviews)
Author: Brian Jacques
Publisher: Ace
Book Description
The otters of Green Isle have long been enslaved to the Wildcat Riggu Felis and his catguards, who torture the otters at every opportunity. The otters trudge on, waiting for the day their savior will arrive—the prophesized High Rhulain, who will lead them in battle [...]
Salamandastron (Redwall, Book 5)
November 29, 2007 – 3:26 am
Rating: (136 reviews)
Author: Brian Jacques
Publisher: Puffin
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As the inhabitants of Redwall relax in the haze of the long, hot summer, they are unaware that the neighboring stronghold of Salamandastron lies besieged by the evil weasel army of Ferhago the Assassin. Nor do they realize that Mara, beloved daughter of [...]
Demonata #2, The: Demon Thief: Book 2 in The Demonata series (Demonata)
November 28, 2007 – 2:43 pm
Rating: (12 reviews)
Author: Darren Shan
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Book Description
Kernel Fleck has always known he’s weird. He sees lights. Strange, multi-colored patches of light, swirling through the air. But it’s not until a window opens into a demon world, with horrific consequences, that Kernel discovers his powers. As a Disciple, his [...]
Pokemon Get Well Pikachu! #6 (Pokemon, Reader)
November 26, 2007 – 5:53 am
Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Tracey West
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Book Description
IT’S SHOCKING!Pikachu is sick. He has too much electricity and he’s zapping everything in sight! He cannot go outside and play. He has to rest. But that does not stop Team Rocket from trying to steal Pikachu! Can [...]
The Golden Compass, Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition (His Dark Materials, Book 1)
November 24, 2007 – 12:56 pm
Rating: (1372 reviews)
Author: Philip Pullman
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
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Some books improve with age–the age of the reader, that is. Such is certainly the case with Philip Pullman’s heroic, at times heart-wrenching novel, The Golden Compass, a story ostensibly for children but one perhaps even better appreciated by adults. The protagonist [...]
Fruits Basket, Volume 18
November 24, 2007 – 7:44 am
Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Natsuki Takaya
Publisher: TokyoPop
Product Description
As rumors swirl about Machi trying to kill her little brother, Kakeru figures that the only person who can get the truth out of her is Yuki. But when the two of them visit her, they learn a shocking secret. Later, Motoko wants to tell [...]
Life As We Knew It
November 23, 2007 – 7:57 am
Rating: (42 reviews)
Author: Susan Beth Pfeffer
Publisher: Harcourt Children’s Books
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It’s almost the end of Miranda’s sophomore year in high school, and her journal reflects the busy life of a typical teenager: conversations with friends, fights with mom, and fervent hopes for a driver’s license. When Miranda first begins hearing the reports of [...]
Practical Guide to Dragons
November 23, 2007 – 6:14 am
Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Lisa Trumbauer
Publisher: Mirrorstone
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Did you know dragons hate sweet flavors? Or that the Draconic word for ugly is “nurh”? Or that the best place to find a green dragon is behind a waterfall? Any dragon buff worth his or her salt needs to know the ins and outs of [...]
Snowmen at Night
November 23, 2007 – 12:13 am
Rating: (23 reviews)
Author: Caralyn Buehner
Publisher: Dial
Book Description
Have you ever built a snowman and discovered the next day that his grin has gotten a little crooked, or his tree-branch arms have moved? And you’ve wondered . . . what do snowmen do at night? This delightful wintertime tale reveals all! Caralyn Buehner’s [...]
52, Vol. 2
November 22, 2007 – 5:40 am
Rating: (7 reviews)
Author: Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid
Publisher: DC Comics
Book Description
After the INFINITE CRISIS, the DC Universe spent a yearwithout Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.A year in which those heroeswere needed more than ever as the fate of the world hung in the balance.The story of 52 continues [...]
Eragon / Eldest (Inheritance, Books 1 & 2)
November 22, 2007 – 12:21 am
Rating: (118 reviews)
Author: Christopher Paolini
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Book Description
In the #1 New York Times bestselling novels Eragon and Eldest, fifteen year-old Eragon discovers his destiny as a Dragon Rider. With only an ancient sword and the advice of an old storyteller for guidance, Eragon and his dragon must [...]
The Twilight Collection (Twilight)
November 21, 2007 – 2:42 am
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Book Description
Deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful, Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse capture the struggle between defying our instincts and satisfying our desires. This stunning set includes three hardcover books, two full-color posters and exclusive tattoos, and makes the perfect gift for fans of this bestselling vampire love [...]
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)
November 20, 2007 – 11:12 pm
Rating: (2838 reviews)
Author: J. K. Rowling
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
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Readers beware. The brilliant, breathtaking conclusion to J.K. Rowling’s spellbinding series is not for the faint of heart–such revelations, battles, and betrayals await in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows that no fan will make it to the end unscathed. Luckily, Rowling [...]
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Book 1)
November 20, 2007 – 4:18 pm
Rating: (5389 reviews)
Author: J.K. Rowling
Publisher: Scholastic
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Say you’ve spent the first 10 years of your life sleeping under the stairs of a family who loathes you. Then, in an absurd, magical twist of fate you find yourself surrounded by wizards, a caged snowy owl, a phoenix-feather wand, and jellybeans that come [...]
The Dark Is Rising (The Dark Is Rising Sequence)
November 19, 2007 – 5:49 am
Rating: (153 reviews)
Author: Susan Cooper
Publisher: Simon Pulse
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“When the Dark comes rising, six shall turn it back, Three from the circle, three from the track; Wood, bronze, iron; water, fire, stone; Five will return, and one go alone.”
With these mysterious words, Will Stanton discovers on his 11th [...]
Eragon/Eldest Trade Paperback Boxed Set
November 18, 2007 – 7:03 pm
Rating: (11 reviews)
Author: Christopher Paolini
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Midnight Alley (The Morganville Vampires, Book 3)
November 18, 2007 – 3:37 pm
Rating: (8 reviews)
Author: Rachel Caine
Publisher: NAL Jam
Book Description
Claire Danvers’s college town may be run by vampires but a truce between the living and the dead made things relatively safe. For a while. Now people are turning up dead, a psycho is stalking her, and an ancient bloodsucker has proposed private mentoring. [...]
The Abhorsen Trilogy Box Set
November 17, 2007 – 2:53 pm
Rating: (19 reviews)
Author: Garth Nix
Publisher: Eos
Book Description
To preserve life,the Abhorsen must enter Death
Sure Fire
November 16, 2007 – 1:52 pm
Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Jack Higgins, Justin Richards
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Book Description
The first young adult novel from legendary New York Times-bestselling author Jack Higgins.
For thirty years, Jack Higgins has enraptured adult readers with his thrilling tales of spies and intrigue. Now, for the first time he brings his bestselling touch to [...]
Tsubasa 15: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE (Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle)
November 16, 2007 – 12:27 pm
Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Clamp
Publisher: Del Rey
Book Description
ONCE A CITY, NOW A WASTELAND . . .
Kurogane, Syaoran, Fai, Mokona, and Princess Sakura have come upon a desert of shifting sands and ruined skyscrapers. This postapocalyptic nightmare is all that remains of the booming metropolis that was Tokyo, and the survivors are battling [...]
The Quillan Games (Pendragon)
November 16, 2007 – 12:21 pm
Rating: (38 reviews)
Author: D. J. MacHale
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
Book Description
Let the Games Begin….Quillan is a territory on the verge of destruction. The people have lost control of their own future and must struggle simply to survive. The only chance they have of finding a better life is by playing [...]
Sons of Destiny (Cirque Du Freak: The Saga of Darren Shan, Book 12
November 16, 2007 – 7:21 am
Rating: (25 reviews)
Author: Darren Shan
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Book Description
Time seemed to collapse… There was a sharp stabbing sensation in my stomach… Steve crowed, “Now I have you! Now you’re gonna die!”Dead if he loses - damned if he wins. The time has finally come for Darren to face his archenemy, [...]
Uglies (Uglies Trilogy, Book 1)
November 16, 2007 – 6:26 am
Rating: (205 reviews)
Author: Scott Westerfeld
Publisher: Simon Pulse
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Playing on every teen’s passionate desire to look as good as everybody else, Scott Westerfeld (Midnighters) projects a future world in which a compulsory operation at sixteen wipes out physical differences and makes everyone pretty by conforming to an ideal standard of beauty. The “New [...]
The Amber Spyglass, Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition (His Dark Materials, Book 3)
November 16, 2007 – 5:09 am
Rating: (6 reviews)
Author: Philip Pullman
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Naruto, Volume 22
November 16, 2007 – 4:00 am
Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Masashi Kishimoto
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Book Description
While Naruto and the others continue to track down the Sound Ninja Four, Sasuke comes closer than ever to fulfilling a dark destiny. Has the time come for Sasuke to take his place in Orochimaru’s ultimate master plan?
Grandfather Tang’s Story (Dragonfly Books)
November 16, 2007 – 1:22 am
Rating: (7 reviews)
Author: Ann Tompert
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
Book Description
“Drawing on a Chinese form of storytelling with seven shapes cut from a square of paper, Tompert recounts the tale of two fox fairies. Parker’s pen-and-watercolor art adds drama, while the tangram insets will motivate children to try their own versions.”–The Bulletin of the [...]
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy
November 16, 2007 – 12:00 am
Rating: (8 reviews)
Author: Ally Carter
Publisher: Hyperion
Book Description
After staking out, obtaining, and then being forced to give upher first boyfriend, Josh, all Cammie Morgan wants is a peaceful semester.But that’s easier said than done when you’re a CIA legacy and go to thepremier school in the world…for spies.Cammie may have a genius [...]