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Judge A Book By Its Cover

Book Reviews and Synopses

Book Reviews

Arranged by Title

A

• A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
• Above - Leah Bobet
  • Airborn - Kenneth Oppel
  • Alice in Zombieland - Gena Showalter
• All Alone in the Universe - Lynn Rae Perkins
• Arrival, The - Shaun Tan
• Arkadians, The - Lloyd Alexander
• All Things Bright and Beautiful - James Herriot

B

• Barbie: Four Decades of Fashion Fantasy and Fun
  • Battle for Skandia, The - John Flanagan
• Beowulf - Seamus Heaney
• Beyond the Western Sea - Avi
• Black Jack - Leon Garfield
• Black Rose, The - Tananarive Due
  • Black Unicorn, The - Terry Brooks
• Book of lights, The - Chaim Potok
• Book Thief, The - Markus Zusak
• Breathe - Sarah Crossan
• Brotherband Chronicles: The Invaders - John Flanagan

C

• Call of The Wild, The - Jack London
• Candide - Voltaire
• Captain Hawaii- Anthony Dana Arkin
• Chasing Redbird - Sharon Creech
  • Children of the Lost, The - David Whitley
  • Circle of Gold, The - Guillaume Prevost
• Coffin Quilt, The - Ann Rinaldi
• Come Sing, Jimmy Jo - Katherine Peterson
• Confederacy of Dunces, A - John Kennedy Toole
• Count Down - Deborah Wiles
• Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
• Crossroads of Twilight - Robert Jordan
• Crunch - Leslie Connor
• Curse Dark As Gold, A - Elizabeth Bunce

D

• Da Vinci Code, The - Dan Brown
• Dandelion Fire - N.D. Wilson
• Dark Whispers - Bruce Coville
• Darkling Plain, A - Philip Reeve
• Daughter of Witches - Patricia C. Wrede
• Death Of A Salesman - Arthur MillersThe Red Pyramid
• December Rose,
• Deer's Cry, The - Patricia Kennealy-Morrison
• Diamond Age, The - Neil Stephenson
• Diamond Throne, The - David Eddings
• Disappearances - Jude Watson
• Doom Machine, The - Mark Teague
• Dragons of Summer Flame - Tracy Hickman and Margret Weiss
• Dreamhunter - Elizabeth Knox
  • Dreamhunter - Elizabeth Knox
• Dreamquake - Elizabeth Knox
• Drums, Girls, & Dangerous Pie - Jordan Sonnenblick

E

• EGGS - Jerry Spinelli
• Elfstones of Shannara, The - Terry Brooks
• Emma - Jane Austen
• Emperor of Nihon-Ja, The - John Flanagan
• Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, The - Jacqueline Kelly

F

• Fargo Rock City - Chuck Klosterman
• Falling In - Frances O'roark Dowell
• Fever - Laurie Halse Anderson
• Fever Crumb - Philip Reeve
• Finding Buck McHenry - Alfred Slote
  • Firebird - Mercedes Lacky
• Fires of Heaven, The - Robert Jordan
• Flipped - Wendelin Van Draanen
  • Fly Girl - Sherri L. Smith
• Foundation's Edge - Isaac Asimov
• Freefall - Brian Williams
• Freefall - Brian Williams and Gordon, Roderick
• Face on the Milk Carton, The - Caroline B. Cooney

G

• Garden of the Purple Dragon - Carole Wilkinson
• Guards! Guards!-Terry Pratchett
• Giraffe and the Pelly and Me, The - Roald Dahl
• Girl In Blue - Ann Rinaldi
• Goddess of Yesterday - Caroline Cooney
• Golem's Eye, The - Jonathan Stroud
• Goose Girl, The - Shannon Hale
• Grave Robbers - Ramsey Montgomery
• Guardians of Ga'hoole, The Capture - Kathryn Lasky
• Guardians of the Tall Stones - Moyra Caldecott
• Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift
• Great Hunt, The - Robert Jordan
• Great Train Robbery, The - Michael Crichton

H

• Halo: The Fall of Reach - Eric Nylund
• Halt's Peril - John Flanagan
• Hand of Oberon, The - Roger Zelazny
• Hatchet - Gary Paulsen
  • Hawksmaid - Kathryn Lasky
• Hedge of Mist - Kennealy-Morrison, Patricia
• Hobbit,The - J.R.R. Tolkien
• Hope Was Here - Joan Bauer
• Hurt Go Happy - Ginny Rorby
• Hush, Hush - Becca Fitzpatrick

I

• Icefall
  • Ideas and Opinions - Albert Einstein
  • Illearth War, The - Stephen Donaldson
  • Incarceron - Catherine Fisher
• Infernal Devices - Philip Reeve
• Inkheart - Cornelia Funke
• Ivanhoe - Sir Walter Scott

J

• Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë
• Journey to the River Sea - Eva Ibbotson
• Jungle, The - Upton Sinclair

K

• Kind of Friends We Used to Be, The - Frances Dowell
• Key to Rondo, The - Emily Rodda

L

• Larklight-Phillip Reeve
• Last Camel Died At Noon, The - Elizabeth Peters
• Last Treasure, The - Janet Anderson
• Leaves of Grass - Walt Whitman
• Lion Boy - Zizou Corder
• Little Women - Louisa Alcott
• Life is never as simple as... Black & White-Malorie Blackman
• Lord of Chaos - Robert Jordan
• Lost Conspiracy, The - Frances Hardinge

M

• Mad Ship - Robin Hobbs
• Mutiny On The Bounty - Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall
• My Name is Noot Easy - Debby Edwardson

N

• No Such Thing As Dragons - Philip Reeve
• North - Donna Jo Napoli

O

• One Armed Queen, The - Jane Yolen
• One Tree, The - Stephen R. Donaldson
• Out Of My Mind - Sharon Draper

P

• Path of Dagger, The-Robert Jordan
  • Peter Graves - William Pene du Bois
• Plain Tales from the Hills - Rudyard Kipling
  • Prey - Michael Crichton
• Price and the Pilgrim, The - Mary Stewart
  • Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
• Pyramids-Terry Pratchett

Q

R

• Red Glass - Laura Resau
• Road to Memphis, The - Mildred D. Taylor
• Ring of Solomon, The - Jonathan Stroud

S

• Sabriel - Nix Garth
• Same Difference - Vivian Siobhan
• Savvy - Ingrid Law
• Scholar of Magics, A - Caroline Stevermer
• Secret Agent, The - Joseph Conrad
• Seeker - William Nicholson
• Shadow Thieves, The - Anne Ursu
• Sphere of Secrets, The - Catherine Fisher
• Silver Crown, The - Robert O'Brien
• Silver On The Tree - Susan Cooper
  • Singing Hands - Delia Ray
  • Singing, The - Allison Croggon
• Single Shard, A - Linda Sue Park
• Soup on Ice - Robert Newton Peck
• Staircase, The - Ann Rinaldi
• Starclimber - Kenneth Oppel
• Starcross - Philip Reeve
• Stealing Death - Janet Lee Carey
• Storm Warning - Mercedes Lakey
• Story of Basketball, The - Grant Hill
• Shaw, Stanley Weintraub
• Stone Dragon, The - Tom Kepler
• St. Peter's Fair - Ellis Peters
• Sword Sworn - Jennifer Roberson

T

• Tailchaser's Song - Tad Williams
• Tales of Two Cities, A - Charles Dickens
• Ten Miles Past Normal - Frances Dowell
• The Crossing of Ingo - Helen Dunmore
• The Great Tree of Avalon; The Child of the Dark Prophecy - T.A. Barron
  • The Looking Glass Wars - Frank Beddor
  • Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris - R.L. LaFevers
  • Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora N Hurston
  • The Mouse and the Motorcycle - Beverly Cleary
  • Things Invisible To See - Nancy Willard
  • Things Not Seen - Andrew Clements
  • Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher
  • Thorn Birds, The - Colleen McCullough
  • To Kill A Mocking Bird - Harper Lee
  • Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain
  • Tower Treasure, The - Franklin W. Dixon
  • Treasures, 13 - Michelle Harrison
• Triumph of the Darksword - Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
• Trouble According to Humphrey - Birney Betty
  • Troy High - Shana Norris
• The Difference Between You and Me - Madeleine George
  • The Red Pyramid - Rick Riordan
  • The Running Dream - Wendelin Van Draanen
  • The Sword of Shannara- Terry Brooks
  • Game of Silence, The - Erdrich Louis
• Tunnels - Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams
• The Fellowship of the Rings - J.R.R Tolkien

U

• Uplift War, The - David Brin

V

• Voice of Her Own, A - Barbara Dana

W

• Wanderer, The - Sharon Creech
• Well Wished - Franny Billingsley
• White Gold Wielder - Stephen R. Donalson
• Wildwood Dancing - Juliet Marillier
• Wizard Test, the - Hilari Bell
• Wright 3 - Blue Balliett
• Wrinkle in Time, A - Madeleine L'engle

X

Y

• Yeager- Chuck Yeager
• Young Joan - Barbara Dana

Z