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Grade 8 Up—For years, three factions—Townies, Cadets (city kids doing a six-week outdoor education program), and Jellicoe School students—have engaged in teen war games in the Australian countryside, defending territorial borders,...
Brittany says:
"A haunting (and heart-breaking) story set at an Australian boarding school. Taylor Markham was abandoned by her mother at age eleven. Now seventeen, She—and the reader—go on a journey to put together her past. For full disclosure: I have read this book twice, and at both readings I spent almost the entire time weeping ugly tears. -Jenny Grace"
Jellicoe Road [Bargain Price] [Paperback]
A haunting (and heart-breaking) story set at an Australian boarding school. Taylor Markham was abandoned by her mother at age eleven. Now seventeen, She—and the reader—go on a journey to put together her past. For full disclosure: I have read this book twice, and at both readings I spent almost the entire time weeping ugly tears. -Jenny Grace
Grade 8 Up—For years, three factions—Townies, Cadets (city kids doing a six-week outdoor education program), and Jellicoe School students—have engaged in teen war games in the Australian countryside, defending territorial borders,...
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If you had the power to kill with your bare hands, what would you do with it? Graceling takes readers inside the world of Katsa, a warrior-girl in her late teens with one blue eye and one green eye. This gives her haunting beauty, but also marks her...
Brittany says:
"This fantasy series is centered around strong, brilliant female characters. The love story is good, the alternate world is well-imagined, and the villains are creepily well-imagined. -Jenny Grace"
Graceling [Bargain Price] [Hardcover]
This fantasy series is centered around strong, brilliant female characters. The love story is good, the alternate world is well-imagined, and the villains are creepily well-imagined. -Jenny Grace
If you had the power to kill with your bare hands, what would you do with it? Graceling takes readers inside the world of Katsa, a warrior-girl in her late teens with one blue eye and one green eye. This gives her haunting beauty, but also marks her...
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1423136829?ie=UTF8&tag=disgrashoppi-20&linkCode=shr&camp=213733&creative=393185&creativeASIN=1423136829
Amazon.com: Bartimaeus 3-book boxed set (Bartimaeus Trilogy) (9781423136828): Jonathan Stroud: Books
Brittany says:
"These books take place in a world controlled by magicians and their djinn. Set in a reimagined London, and focused on Nathaniel, a young, bright member of the ruling class of magicians. Bartimeaus is the demon with whom he works. -Jenny Grace"
Bartimaeus 3-book boxed set (Bartimaeus Trilogy) [Paperback]
These books take place in a world controlled by magicians and their djinn. Set in a reimagined London, and focused on Nathaniel, a young, bright member of the ruling class of magicians. Bartimeaus is the demon with whom he works. -Jenny Grace
Amazon.com: Bartimaeus 3-book boxed set (Bartimaeus Trilogy) (9781423136828): Jonathan Stroud: Books
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In the epic trilogy His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman unlocks the door to worlds parallel to our own. D
Brittany says:
"This series by Phillip Pullman is a sweeping, multidimensional view of the world. These books remind me of the Narnia series, but with a very different (somewhat anti-religious) overarching theme. The story is imaginative and well-written. -Jenny Grace"
His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass) [Hardcover]
This series by Phillip Pullman is a sweeping, multidimensional view of the world. These books remind me of the Narnia series, but with a very different (somewhat anti-religious) overarching theme. The story is imaginative and well-written. -Jenny Grace
In the epic trilogy His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman unlocks the door to worlds parallel to our own. D
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Buffyesque baker Rae "Sunshine" Seddon meets Count Dracula's hunky Byronic cousin in Newbery-Award-winner McKinley's first adult-and-then-some romp through the darkling streets of a spooky post-Voodoo Wars world. Now that human cities have been...
Brittany says:
"If you’re looking for a vampires-meet-humans fluffy book that is, despite that, well-written, NOT an abstinence parable, and (bonus!) not a whole bunch of creepy lessons on how to let your boyfriend control you until you wind up barefoot and pregnant at 18 years old, let me recommend this. -Jenny Grace"
Sunshine [Paperback]
If you’re looking for a vampires-meet-humans fluffy book that is, despite that, well-written, NOT an abstinence parable, and (bonus!) not a whole bunch of creepy lessons on how to let your boyfriend control you until you wind up barefoot and pregnant at 18 years old, let me recommend this. -Jenny Grace
Buffyesque baker Rae "Sunshine" Seddon meets Count Dracula's hunky Byronic cousin in Newbery-Award-winner McKinley's first adult-and-then-some romp through the darkling streets of a spooky post-Voodoo Wars world. Now that human cities have been...
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Starred Review. A romance involving a high school girl and a handsome vampire may sound a little too familiar, yet this first novel quickly bursts ahead of the pack of Twilight-wannabes. Down-to-earth mathlete Jessica Packwood is completely horrified...
Brittany says:
"This is a pretty solid piece of vampire fluff. It’s funny, light, quick, and at no point are you rolling your eyes, flipping ahead, and trying to figure out when the main characters will stop mooning over each other and just *do* something already. Ahem. -Jenny Grace"
Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side [Paperback]
This is a pretty solid piece of vampire fluff. It’s funny, light, quick, and at no point are you rolling your eyes, flipping ahead, and trying to figure out when the main characters will stop mooning over each other and just *do* something already. Ahem. -Jenny Grace
Starred Review. A romance involving a high school girl and a handsome vampire may sound a little too familiar, yet this first novel quickly bursts ahead of the pack of Twilight-wannabes. Down-to-earth mathlete Jessica Packwood is completely horrified...
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Amazon Best Books of the Month, September 2011: Karou is a seventeen-year-old art student with a most unusual family. From his desk in a dusty, otherworldly shop, her mysterious, monstrous father sends her on errands across the globe, collecting...
Brittany says:
"I hesitate to provide a synopsis for this book, because there’s no way for me to describe it without it sounding too strange to be good, and it is so very, very good. -Jenny Grace"
Daughter of Smoke and Bone [Hardcover]
I hesitate to provide a synopsis for this book, because there’s no way for me to describe it without it sounding too strange to be good, and it is so very, very good. -Jenny Grace
Amazon Best Books of the Month, September 2011: Karou is a seventeen-year-old art student with a most unusual family. From his desk in a dusty, otherworldly shop, her mysterious, monstrous father sends her on errands across the globe, collecting...
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Amazon Exclusive: Scott Westerfeld Reviews The Forest of Hands and Teeth Scott Westerfeld is the author of three sets of books for young adults, including the Uglies series, the Midnighters series, and a series of stand-alone novels set in...
Brittany says:
"Another post-apocalyptic series (sequels are The Dead Tossed Waves and The Dark and Hollow Places) these books by Carrie Ryan is set after the zombie apocalypse. The zombies she dreams up are of a particular chilling nature, which adds a measure of hopelessness but they are gripping. Also, the romance is pretty good. -Jenny Grace"
The Forest of Hands and Teeth [Bargain Price] [Paperback]
Another post-apocalyptic series (sequels are The Dead Tossed Waves and The Dark and Hollow Places) these books by Carrie Ryan is set after the zombie apocalypse. The zombies she dreams up are of a particular chilling nature, which adds a measure of hopelessness but they are gripping. Also, the romance is pretty good. -Jenny Grace
Amazon Exclusive: Scott Westerfeld Reviews The Forest of Hands and Teeth Scott Westerfeld is the author of three sets of books for young adults, including the Uglies series, the Midnighters series, and a series of stand-alone novels set in...
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0545265355?ie=UTF8&tag=disgrashoppi-20&linkCode=shr&camp=213733&creative=393185&creativeASIN=0545265355
Praise for The Hunger Games series #1 USA Today Bestseller #1 New York Times Bestseller #1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller #1 Publishers Weekly Bestseller A People magazine (Top 10) Best Book of 2009 A Time Magazine Best Fiction Book of 2009 A
Brittany says:
"All three books are gripping, in a “I will stay up till 2am every night until I finish these even if it kills me” sort of way. -Jenny Grace"
The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxed Set [Hardcover]
All three books are gripping, in a “I will stay up till 2am every night until I finish these even if it kills me” sort of way. -Jenny Grace
Praise for The Hunger Games series #1 USA Today Bestseller #1 New York Times Bestseller #1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller #1 Publishers Weekly Bestseller A People magazine (Top 10) Best Book of 2009 A Time Magazine Best Fiction Book of 2009 A