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Book Reviews and Synopses

Book Reviews

Arranged by Reviewer

A

Akbar, M.

• Brotherband Chronicles: The Invaders - John Flanagan

Anastasio, B.

• Call of The Wild, The - Jack London
• Count Down - Deborah Wiles

B

Bousquet, T.

• Prey - Michael Crichton
• Savvy - Ingrid LawThe Red Pyramid
• Yeager - Chuck Yeager

C

Cingire, G.

• Shaw - Stanley Weintraub
  • Troy High - Shana Norris

Constant, S.

• EGGS - Jerry Spinelli
• Lord of Chaos - Robert Jordan

Corazza, C.

• Face on the Milk Carton, The - Caroline B. Cooney
  • No Such Thing as Dragons - Philip Reeve
  • Firebird - Mercedes Lacky
  • Jungle, The - Upton Sinclair
  • Plain Tales from the Hills - Rudyard Kipling
  • Well Wished - Franny Billingsley
  • Sphere of Secrets,The - Catherine Fisher

D

Diyaljee, A.

• One Armed Queen, The - Jane Yolen
• Stone Dragon, The - Tom Kepler

E

F

G

Gebremariam,H.

• Same Difference - Vivian Siobhan
• Ten Miles Past Normal - Frances Dowell
• Out Of My Mind - Sharon Draper
• Above - Leah Bobet
• Goose Girl, The - Shannon Hale

Gebremariam, M.

• Fly Girl - Sherrie L. Smith
• Things Not Seen - Andrew Clements
• The Crossing of Ingo - Helen Dunmore
• The Difference Between You and Me - Madeleine George
• A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
• My Name is Not Easy - Debby Edwardson
• Thirteen Reason Why - Jay Asher

Goodale, S.

• Mutiny On The Bounty - Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall
• Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris - R.L. LaFevers

H

Haerr, P.

• Young Joan - Barbara Dana
• Fever - Laurie - Halse Anderson
• Story of Basketball, The - Grant Hill
• Arrival, The - Shaun Tan

Hansen, L.

• Tailchaser's Song - Tad Williams
• 13 Treasures - Michelle Harrison
• The Children of the Lost - David Whitley
• Dreamquake - Elizabeth Knox
• Alice in Zombieland - Gena Showalter
• The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
• Hush, Hush - Becca Fitzpatrick

Hoffman, A.

• Battle for Skandia, The - John Flanagan
• Beowulf - Seamus Heaney
• Tower Treasure, The - Franklin W. Dixon

Huggins, L.M.

• Garden of the Purple Dragon - Carole Wilkinson
• Goddess of Yesterday - Caroline Cooney
• Silver On The Tree - Susan Cooper

I

Incorvia, R.

• Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë

J

K

Knight, A.

• Curse Dark As Gold, A - Elizabeth Bunce
• Death Of A Salesman - Arthur Miller
• Kind of Friend We Used to Be - Frances Dowell

L

Lashway, K.

• Da Vinci Code, The - Dan Brown
• Great Hunt, The - Robert Jordan
• White Gold Wielder - Stephen R. Donalson

Leete, J.

• Diamond Throne, The - David EddingsRoad to Memphis, The
• Drums, Girls, & Dangerous Pie - Sonnenblick, Jordan
• Wanderer, The - Sharon Creech

M

Makeig, D.

• A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
• Little Women - Louisa Alcott

Morales, C.

• Ivanhoe - Sir Walter Scott
• Last Camel Died At Noon, The - Elizabeth Peters
• Mad Ship - Robin Hobb
• Triumph of the Darksword - Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
• To Kill A Mocking Bird - Harper Lee
• Things Invisible To See - Nancy Willard
• The Book of Lights - Chaim Potok

Muehlman, H.

• Lion Boy - Zizou Corder
• Halt's Peril - John Flanagan
• Prince and the Pilgrim, The - Mary Stewart

Mullenneaux, C

• Fires of Heaven, The - Robert Jordan
• Hobbit, The - J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
  • Deer's Cry, The - Patricia Kennealy-Morrison

Marks, J.

• Sabreil - Nix Garth
• Game of Silence, The - Erdrich Louis
• The Fellowship of the Rings - J.R.R Tolkien

Michel, K.

• Key to Rondo, The - Emily Rodda

N

O

Ozesmi, D.

• Black Jack - Leon Garfield
• Great Train Robbery, The - Michael Crichton
• Black Rose, The - Tananarive Due
• Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain

P

Prather-Huff, B.

• Peter Graves - William Pene du Bois

Pullapantula, S.

• Journey to the River Sea - Eva Ibbotson.

Q

R

Roberts, K.

• Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift
• One Tree, The - Stephen Donaldson
• Emma - Jane Austen

Rodriguez, J.

• Singing Hands - Delia Ray
• Uplift War, The - David Brin
• All Alone in the Universe - Lynn Rae Perkins
• Incarceron - Catherine Fisher
• Dreamhunter - Elizabeth Knox
• Flipped - Wendelin Van Draanen
• Candide - Voltaire

Rowe, C

• Icefall - Matthew J. Kirby

S

Schoenfeld, D.

• Sword Sworn - Jennifer Roberson

Schoenfeld, M.

• Airborn - Kenneth Oppel
• Count of Monte Cristo, The - Alexandre Dumas
• Darkling Plain, A - Philip Reeve
• Diamond Age, The - Neil Stephenson
• Grave Robbers - Ramsey Montgomery
• Hope Was Here - Joan Bauer

Shrestha, B.

• Single Shard, A - Linda Sue Park
• Disappearances - Jude Watson
• Emperor of Nihon-Ja, The - John Flanagan

Singh, T.

• Guards!Guards! - Terry Pratchett
• Life is never as simple as... Black & White-Malorie Blackman
• Pyramids - Terry Pratchett
• Larklight - Philip Reeve
• Path of Daggers - Robert Jordan
• The Sword of Shannara - Terry Brooks

Sperry, G.

• Confederacy of Dunces, A - John Kennedy Toole
• Fargo Rock City - Chuck Klosterman
• Wright 3 - Blue Balliett
• December Rose, The - Leon Garfield

Spurrier, S.

• Guardians of Ga'hoole, The Capture - Kathryn Lasky
• Finding Buck McHenry - Alfred Slote
• North - Donna Jo Napoli
• Soup on Ice - Robert Newton Peck
• St. Peter's Fair - Ellis Peters

Stickels, S.

• Beyond the Western Sea - Avi
• Golem's Eye, The - Jonathan Stroud
• Secret Agent, The - Joseph Conrad

Stood, M.

• Black Unicorn, The - Terry Brooks
• Come Sing, Jimmy Jo - Katherine Peterson
• Daughter of Witches - Patricia C. Wrede
• Road to Memphis, The - Mildred D. Taylor
• Shadow Thieves, The - Anne Ursu
• Singing, The - Allison Croggon
• Storm Warning - Mercedes Lakey
• Tunnels - Roderick Gordan and Brian Williams

Swanson, C.

• Guardians of the Tall Stones - Moyra Caldecott
• Stealing Death - Janet Lee Carey

Swanson, S.

• Coffin Quilt, The - Ann Rinaldi
• Doom Machine, The - Mark Teague
• Silver Crown, The - Robert O'Brien

T

Thiel, N.

• Dark Whispers - Bruce Coville
• Ring of Solomon, The - Jonathan Stroud

Titus, C.

• Giraffe and the Pelly and Me, The - Roald Dahl
• Trouble According to Humphrey - Birney Betty
  • The Mouse and the Motorcycle - Beverly Cleary
  • Crunch - Leslie Connor
  • The Wizard Test - Hilari Bell

Titus, D.

• Captain Hawaii- Anthony Dana Arkin
• Elfstones of Shannara - Terry Brooks
• Illearth War, The - Stephen Donaldson

Thijm, K.

• Dandelion Fire - N.D. Wilson
• Dragons of Summer Flame - Margret Weiss & Tracy Hickman
• Infernal Devices - Philip Reeve

Thijm, N.

• Breathe - Sarah Crossan
• The Looking Glass Wars - Frank Beddor
• Red Glass - Laura Resau
• Leaves of Grass - Walt Whitman

U

Unger, A.

• Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, The - Jacqueline Kelly
• Girl In Blue - Ann Rinaldi
• Lost Conspiracy, The - Frances Hardinge
• Seeker - William Nicholson
• Scholar of Magics, A - Caroline Stevermer
• Staircase, The - Ann Rinaldi
• Voice of Her Own, A - Barbara Dana

Unger, I.

• The Red Pyramid - Rick Riordan
• Hawksmaid - Kathryn Lasky
• Dreamhunter - Elizabeth Knox

V

Valentine, A

• Eggs in One Basket - Kathy Mackel
• Fever Crumb - Philip Reeve
• Falling In - Frances O'roark Dowell
• The Running Dream - Wendelin Van Draanen

Vessey, K

• The Arkadians - Lloyd Alexander
• Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora N Hurston
• All Things Bright and Beautiful - James Herriot

W

Wadsworth, D.

• Foundation's Edge - Isaac Asimov
• Last Treasure, The - Janet Anderson
• Wrinke in Time, A - Madeleine L'engle

Wikle, A

• Alphabet of Dreams, Susan Fletcher
  • Hatchet - Gary Paulsen
  • Starcross - Philip Reeve
  • Wildwood Dancing - Juliet Marillier
• Barbie: Four Decades of Fashion Fantasy and Fun
  • Halo: The Fall of Reach - Eric Nylund
  • Hurt Go Happy - Ginny Rorby

Winer, P.

• Circle of Gold, The - Guillaume Prevost
• Ideas and Opinions - Albert Einstein
• Freefall - Brian Williams
• Hand of Oberon, The - Roger Zelazny
• Hedge of Mist, The - Kennealy-Morrison, Patricia
• Thorn Birds, The - Colleen McCullough

Winn, B.

• Chasing Redbird - Sharon Creech

X

Y

Z

Zhu, D.

• The Great Tree of Avalon: The Child of the Dark Prophecy - T.A. Barron

Zhu, N.

• Crossroads of Twilight - Robert Jordan
• Inkheart - Cornelia Funke
• Starclimber - Kenneth Oppel