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What Tanya Wants: April 2018

April 2, 2018 by motifink

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Categories: Adult Ficiton, Children, Fantasy, Paranormal, what tanya wants, Young Adult • Tags: April 2018, Beyond a Darkened Shore, Captive, Dread Nation, Heads of the Colored People, Isle of Blood and Stone, Jason Reynolds, new book releases, Sunny, The She Wolf of Kanta, The Window, Unbury Carol, ya

Book Review: Shadow Warrior: Based on the True Story of a Fearless Ninja and Her Network of Female Spies by Tanya Lloyd Kyi, Celia Krampien (Illustrator)

February 13, 2018 by motifink

It’s 1558, and warlords across Japan are battling for territory and control. Into this setting, Tanya Lloyd Kyi weaves the stories of three people: Mochizuki Chiyome, a young woman determined to become a ninja whose plans are thwarted by an arranged marriage; Takeda Shingen (The Tiger), a fierce warlord seeking a new weapon to outsmart his enemies; and Aki, an orphaned tavern girl whose destiny is changed by a mysterious woman. As their stories intersect, the three characters become key […]

Categories: Children, children's, Historical Fiction • Tags: Annick Press, Arc, Based on the True Story of a Fearless Ninja and Her Network of Female Spies, book review, Celia Krampien, For the Kids, historical ficition, illustrations, middle school, NetGalley, Shadow Warrior, Tanya Lloyd Kyi

Book Review: Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh

January 4, 2018 by motifink

“Harper doesn’t trust her new how from the moment she steps inside, and the rumors that the Raine family’s new house is haunted. Harper isn’t sure she believes those rumors, until her younger brother, Michael, starts acting strangely. The whole atmosphere gives Harper a sense of deja vu but she can’t remember why. She knows that the memories she’s blocking will help make sense of her brother’s behavior and the strange and threatening sensations she feels in the hours, but […]

Categories: Children, HarperCollins, Paranormal • Tags: book review, children books, Diversity, ellen oh, harper collins, horror, paranormal, spirit hunters

Book Review: The Song From Somewhere Else by A.F. Harrold, Levi Pinfold (Illustrator)

May 31, 2017 by motifink

Frank doesn’t know how to feel when Nick Underbridge rescues her from bullies one afternoon. No one likes Nick. He’s big, he’s weird and he smells – or so everyone in Frank’s class thinks. And yet, there’s something nice about Nick’s house. There’s strange music playing there, and it feels light and good and makes Frank feel happy for the first time in forever. But there’s more to Nick, and to his house, than meets the eye, and soon Frank […]

Categories: Bloomsbury USA Childrens, book review, Children, children's, Fantasy, NetGalley, NetGalley Review • Tags: A.F. Harrold, Bloomsbury Children's Books, book review, children books, fantasy, Levi Pinfold (Illustrator), netgalley. netgalley review, The Song From Somewhere else., young adult

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Book Review: The Warden’s Daughter by Jerry Spinelli

April 18, 2017 by motifink

Cammie O’Reilly is the warden’s daughter that lives in an apartment above the entrance to the Hancock County Prison. Although her father is active in her life, she is missing her mother. A mother, who saved her only daughter from harm.  Known as Cannonball, Cammie is about to turn 13 years old and is looking for a mother figure within a shoplifter and a reformed arsonist of a housekeeper. Going through the motions while her best friend begins playing with […]

Categories: Children, children's, NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Realistic, Young Adult • Tags: Arc, book review, children's, coming of age, family, jerry spinelli, The Warden's Daughter, young adult

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Book Review: Artie Conan Doyle and the Gravediggers’ Club by Robert J. Harris

March 17, 2017 by motifink

Artie Conan Doyle is 12 years old and while in the future he will write the great Sherlock Holmes for now he has to deal with the mystery before him. When sneaking out with his best friend, Ham, to explore Greyfriars Kirkyard, the two spot a woman in grey walking through a cemetery and footprints of enormous hound. Not one to look past questions, Artie, with the reluctance of Ham, follow clues to discover a series robberies that will lead […]

Categories: book review, Children, children's, Mystery, NetGalley, NetGalley Review • Tags: (Artie Conan Doyle Mysteries #1), Arc, Artie Conan Doyle and the Gravediggers' Club, book review, children's book, Kelpies, middle schoolers, mystery, NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Robert J. Harris, sherlock holmes

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Book Review: The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste

January 18, 2017 by motifink

Corinne La Mer doesn’t fear anything; not even Jumbies in the forbidden woods. Jumbies are simply made up stories that parents use to keep their children out the woods, but Corinne knows better.  But when Corinne notices yellow eyes staring at her at the edge of the woods. She begins to doubt her fearlessness. And when a beautiful stranger shows up at the marketplace and then her home with her father, Corinne knows that danger is near.  Using her courage, the […]

Categories: Algonquin Young Readers, book review, Children, children's, Fantasy, Mythology, NetGalley, NetGalley Review • Tags: Arc, book review, children's, fantasy, horror, middle school, mythology, NetGalley, The Jumbies, Tracey Baptiste

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Book Review: Pursued by Gary Urey

January 4, 2017 by motifink

For thirteen year-olds, Axel Jack and Daisha Tandala life cannot get anymore complicated. Running from  a billionaire, who killed their scientist parents for their device, the Geoport. The Geoport, which can teleport any person to any place on Earth within a matter of seconds can be deadly in the wrong hands. As a dying wish from their parents, Axel and Daisha race to destory the Geoport. But when the two are separated, finding each other becomes just as important as in running for […]

Categories: book review, Children, NetGalley, NetGalley Review • Tags: Albert Whitman & Company, Arc, book review, children's, Gary Urey, middle school, NetGalley, Pursued

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Book Review: The Door That Lead to Where by Sally Gardner

November 10, 2016 by motifink

AJ Flynn has just failed all of his exams but one. Considered a failure by his mother and at 17 years old, he believes there is no hope for him. When he receives a job as a junior clerk at a law firm, he believes there is a future for him. While working, he finds a key with his name on it and that key leads to 1830. With the help of his two best friends, AJ goes to explore and […]

Categories: Children, children's, Delacorte Press, Fantasy, NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Young Adult • Tags: Arc, book review, Delacorte Press, fantasy, NetGalley Review, pretty covers, Sally Gardner, The Door That Lead to Where, time travel

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