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//Cinder// by is an enticing beginning to a story take off of Cinderella turned futuristic cyborg, misfit. Planet Earth is undergoing intergalactic relations and plague preventatives. This is the beginning of the Lunar Chronicles. I thoroughly enjoyed it!
 * //Cinder// by Marissa Meyer * * * * * **

//Entwined// by Heather Dixon is a sweet story of the dancing sisters similar to another one of my favorites, //Princess of the Midnight Ball// by Jessica Day George. The plot is not unfamiliar but both are magical stories that are woven with relationships, our human shortcomings and triumphs. This book in particular shows the maturation of the sisters in their relationship with their father. Realizing blame and perspectives influence their entire family structure for both destruction and betterment. It's innocently adorable with a dash of seduction and romance. Review by Ms. Miles.
 * //Entwined// by Heather Dixon * * * * **
 * (New York: Greenwillow Books, 2011) **

//Clockwork Angel// by Cassandra Clare is charming. Clare creates a world where there are half-angels and Downworlders (vampires, demons, automatons who are part machine and part flesh, etc.). There's a romantic twist and action packed adventure. Review by Ms. Miles.
 * //Clockwork Angel// by Cassandra Clare * * * **
 * (New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2010) **

Lena Duchannes is caster—a term for one who casts spells in //Beautiful Creatures—//who has just moved to the mythical Southern town of Gatlin, South Carolina. Ethan Wate is a beloved son of the area—basketball star, good student—where, as Ethan supposes at the beginning of the novel, nothing changes. As Ethan falls for Lena, a magical world of casters, seers, incubuses, and more, opens up to Ethan making Gatlin a place of wonder. Lena will be claimed as a light or dark caster on her sixteenth birthday, and the book is a countdown until that time with Ethan and Lena racing against fate to prevent Lena from going dark. Ghosts and more are mixed in with the magical creatures making this a book kids will love. Best of all, there is a magical library in the story. Review by Miss Anderson.
 * // Beautiful Creatures //**** by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stool **
 * (New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2009. Paperback: 562 pages.) **

//** Skinny **//** by Donna Cooner ** **(****New York: Scholastic, Inc., 2012)** // Skinny // by Donna Cooner inspires. Ever is a girl who undergoes gastric bypass surgery to tackle her weight problem. An astonishingly beautiful singer with an imaginary friend Skinny who sits on her shoulder and haunts her, Ever must tackle her inner demon before she can complete her wish to join the school musical //Cinderella//. The story often alludes to and also parallels the Cinderella tale in that Ever’s mother has died, and she has a stepmother and two stepsisters. One stepsister turns out to be a true friend, etc. With another friend named Rat and the will to make her life shine, Ever finds her voice. Will Ever also find her prince? Young readers will enjoy this book. Review by Miss Anderson.

Prince George grows up hiding his animal magic, a feared ability that results in being burned at the stake if one is caught using it in the kingdom of Kendel. When George’s mother, the queen, was alive, she also hid her animal gifts – the ability to talk to animals, the ability to work spells in regards to animals – and her beloved King Davit helped her. An old legend tells of a King Richon who turned into a bear, and the story interweaves around various sightings of the bear, one such sighting killing the queen, George’s mother. George swears off animal magic past the point of his mother’s death and grows up to become a responsible prince. ~The kingdom had once been at war with the ferocious kingdom of Sarrey, but an arranged marriage between George and Sarrey’s princess Beatrice helps seal the formed truce. Beatrice has a hound that follows her everywhere. It turns out that Prince George sees Princess Beatrice’s dreams of her mistreatment by her warring father, and George falls in love with her because of what he sees. Soon afterward (spoiler), the reader finds out that the hound is the princess and the princess is the hound – their spirits were switched by a nefarious doctor of varying names who wants revenge for a misdeed done him some time ago. The doctor is also poisoning George’s father whereas he moves from kingdom to kingdom exacting his revenge. ~Prince George and some of King Davit’s men begin a hunt for the doctor to seek out an antidote to save King Davit from the poison and a method of switching the hound back to the princess and the princess back to the hound so George and the real Princess Beatrice can marry. The doctor is found, and he lacks an antidote for King Davit, and the only clue he can give Prince George is that the hound/princess spell could be broken once a woman could love an animal and an animal could love a man. ~George, the hound, and Princess Beatrice (who is really the hound) seek out the part-man bear. The dog has to admit she loves George, and then the princess has to admit she loves the bear. The princess is turned back into a princess and the hound becomes a hound again and must live with the bear forever. ~Princess Beatrice is upset she will lose her hound to the bear ‘s care in the woods. Will King Davit be saved from the poison? Will the kingdoms of Kendel and Sarrey continue to resolve their differences? Check out //The Princess and the Hound// at the library! Review by Miss Anderson.
 * //The Princess and the Hound// by Mette Ivie Harrison**
 * (New York: HarperCollins Publisher, 2007)**

//Texas Gothic// by Rosemary Clement-Moore is a like a Nancy Drew mystery – if Nancy Drew were a bit more saucy. Amy Goodnight is a reluctant ghost whisperer in a paranormal family. While watching her aunt’s farm for the summer with her witch sister, Phin, Amy is haunted by a local ghost who needs her to alter the record of his life. Ben McCulloch, the good-looking neighbor cowboy, provides Amy with both a literary foil and a romantic interest. Miraculously a western, a romance, a fantasy, and a horror story all in one, //Texas Gothic// will appeal to our young readers. Still, the saucy parts may cause some parents concern. Review by Miss Anderson September 27, 2012.
 * //Texas Gothic// by Rosemary Clement-Moore**
 * (New York: Delacorte Press, 2011)**

Karen Blumenthal's //Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different// was interesting but not middle school appropriate. Not an Apple expert, I was unaware that Apple's motto for some time was "Think Different." I originally thought the title was an unwitty grammatical anomaly. Passionate but not compassionate, Steve Jobs's life simply fascinates. I enjoyed reading about a master company maker--not a man who had the technical knowledge to create technology, but, rather, the knowledge to gather the right people at the right time to change the world. Some of the non-middle school appropriate items included drug use and cursing, among other things. It's too bad, because the target audience for this book is middle school, and kids would have benefitted from the rest of the book. Review by Miss Anderson.
 * //Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different// by Karen Blumenthal**
 * (New York: Feiwel and Friends, 2012)**

Books rarely make me cry. I am not sure if this is because I have taught, and one cannot cry every time one reads to a class. Regardless, books rarely make me cry. //Wonder// made me cry at the last line. I love this book. R.J. Palacio's August Pullman is a 10-year-old child born with a cleft palate and other severe facial anomalies which resulted in his having a disorder that only happens one in four million births. Beautiful and poignant, this story tells of August's (Auggie's) experiences in the fifth grade as he tackles prejudice and faces friendships new and wonderful. Kind and brave, Auggie simply inspires. The book never takes a reader so low into humanity's fragilities that one no longer wants to read. Rather, the book is a celebration of all that is good in people - in the end. Review by Miss Anderson.
 * //Wonder// by R.J. Palacio**
 * (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012)**

//Wither// by Lauren DeStefano fascinates. A futuristic America develops a cure for cancer and other ills causing one generation to live a long time. Unknown after-effects, though, lead to children of the second generation dying at an early age: the age of twenty-five for men and the age twenty for women. Young girls are often kidnapped to have children to try and save the human race. This is the story of a girl Rhine who is kidnapped and married to a man with multiple wives. I am unsure whether or not this is middle school appropriate even though (or perhaps this is why) the book is popular at our school. Review by Miss Anderson February 22, 2012.
 * //Wither// by Lauren DeStefano **
 * (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011) **

I decided to read //The Goose Girl// by Shannon Hale after several of our school’s students recommended it to me. It’s delightful! If one has seen //Ever After,// the movie, the book is very similar in charm and wit. Don’t let the title fool you; the book will appeal to the young romantic reader. Review by Miss Anderson.
 * //The Goose Girl// by Shannon Hale** * * * * *
 * (New York: Bloomsbury, 2005 [2003])**

Laura Hillenbrand, author of Seabicuit, has written a remarkably moving telling of Louie Zamperini's life as centered around his experiences during World War II in Europe and the Pacific in //Unbroken//. As a world class runner, Zamperini competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics where he shook hands with Adolf Hitler (not in a condoning fashion) and spent time "[p]lundering Germany." He later joined the Army Air Corps in 1941 and was stationed in the Pacific. He fought a dangerous battle over Nauru in which his plane returned with five hundred and ninety-four holes. Zamperini, a bombardier who dropped bombs from a greenhouse-like structure located at the bottom and the front of the plane, then pitched into the Pacific Ocean after being shot down. He originally felt himself entangled in wires that were dragging him to the ocean floor. He went unconscious and then found himself un-entangled and surfacing. After forty-seven days on rafts with crewmates (one who died before they found land) fighting off sharks, Louie and his pilot crewmate were captured by the Japanese. Fierce hunger and torture followed for two years including being punched, clubbed, kicked, and pelted with a belt buckle across the head. Louis and other U.S. POW's were rescued at the war's close, and Louie returned to a family who loved and had hoped for his safe return since he went missing. Louie married and fought off horrors from the war until he learned to forgive his past captors. Louie went on to carry the Olympic torch through Japan for the 1998 Olympics. What is remarkable about this story is that Louie Zamperini really did remain unbroken throughout it. His resilience is shocking. I finished the book incredibly grateful that my life has not been centered in war. Review by Miss Anderson.
 * //Unbroken// by Laura Hillenbrand (Author of //Seabiscuit//) **
 * (New York: Random House, 2010) **

I decided to read //A Christmas Carol// by Charles Dickens this season and loved it. Who could not? I talked to my sister last night about it -- I couldn't recall if I had actually read an unabridged version before now or if I just knew the story. Details are what make Dickens great, and I was impressed by or had forgotten the beauty of the details such as the spooky holiday ghosts and the succulent descriptions of Christmas present. I had forgotten that Death's hand shakes in kindness toward Scrooge when Scrooge begs for mercy. Dickens writes of Death, "The kind hand trembled." To be pitied by death is a lesson indeed. I'm sad I'm done. Review by Miss Anderson.
 * //A Christmas Carol// by Charles Dickens **
 * (New York: Puffin Books, 1984 [1843]) **

This book is really great. Bethany Hamilton inspires. Ms. Hamilton tells of how her Christian faith helped her through her shark attack recovery. She tells of the support of family and friends, of how a small community came together to make her life not only workable after such a tragedy but beautiful. Review by Miss Anderson.
 * //Soul Surfer// by Bethany Hamilton **
 * (New York: Pocket Books, 2004) **

Ally Condie's //Crossed// takes readers through Cassia's and Ky's alternating tellings of joining the Rising against the Society. We learn of Ky's distrust of the Rising and more about Ky's family history. Cassia and Ky's romance deepens but also does so in a complex fashion that is meant to lead the reader into believing that the couple could split in the sequel in the trilogy. My guess is that Ky and Cassia will not ultimately split, and while I liked the book, I'm a bit saddened that I like Xander just a bit more than Ky. Review by Miss Anderson**.**
 * //Crossed// by Ally Condie (Sequel to //Matched//) * * **
 * (New York: Dutton Books, 2011) **

Neal Shusterman's //Unwind// is a chilling tale of a society where adults can choose to have their children dismembered at the age of sixteen for religious purposes -- a tithe from their family -- or for disciplinary purposes. The unwound parts then go to persons in their society who need a new heart, leg, etc. The lead characters Connonr, Risa, and Lev are riveting. The plot maintains enough momentum to keep the reader interested rather than stuck on the one probability that the lead characters will be unwound at any moment. There are many twists and turns. I enjoyed it. Review by Miss Anderson.
 * //Unwind// by Neal Shusterman * * * **
 * (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007) **

Ally Condie's //Matched// was both a romantic and dystopian tale of discovery. The lead character Cassia begins by bringing us with her to her Match banquet where she is matched for later marriage with her charming childhood friend Xander only to discover that she has also been matched with another childhood friend Ky through a mistake made by the Society. The book is set up to have a sequel: I wanted a more satisfying ending even if the book has a follow-up. Cassia chooses the more dangerous choice by falling in love with the teenager the Society has told her is a mistake, her family is exiled to an outer province, and Cassia is allowed to go to another province to look for Ky, the chosen boy over the charming Xander. We are not led to understand why the Society isn't upset that Cassia and her parents are communicating about Ky's possible whereabouts. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the book. It is fun, and I can testify as a school librarian, teenagers love it. Review by Miss Anderson.
 * //Matched// by Ally Condie * * * * * **
 * (New York: Dutton Books, 2010) **

I enjoyed author Veronica Roth's interpretation of a post-apocalyptic society moving toward dystopian ideals. Her heroine Tris was fun to follow -- Roth's characterizaions being her strong point. In contrast, her developed conflict at the end of the novel came too suddenly, I felt. Without ruining the novel for readers, I'll leave out what happens to a large number of people, but the act is surprising and perhaps not supported. Still, teenagers will love this book. The story, for most of it, is full of adventure and romance, the likes of which mimic aspects of Stephenie Meyer's //Twilight//. I scored this book five stars on Goodreads simply because the characterziation development is so great. Review by Miss Anderson.
 * //Divergent// by Veronica Roth * * * * * **
 * (New York: Katherine Tegen Books, 2011) **

In this fun alteration of the Helen of Sparta Greek story, readers meet the young Helen whose face would later launch a thousand ships in the great war between Greece and Troy as told in Homer's //Iliad// and //Odyssey//. Author Esther Friesner depicts young Helen of Sparta as a tomboy, longing to not want to be caught up in the poilitical realms of marriage that her twin sister Clytemnestra enjoys. Helen loves and enjoys the company of her brother Polydeuces and Castor and spends time training in the arts of war with them. Helen goes on adventures, and, as promised by the title, she is nobody's princess in this book. I love it! This book would likely attract girl students who want to see a strong female lead who is not only interested in falling in love, but who later falls in love. Review by Miss Anderson.
 * //Nobody's Princess// by Esther Friesner **
 * (New York: Random House, 2007) **

** The Inca: Early Peoples (Early People Series) by World Book, Inc. ** ** (Chicago: World Book, 2009) ** The Incan people of early Peru were expert stone masons, city builders, and constructors of roads and waterways. From the ruins of Machu Picchu, Ollantaytambo, and of the Incan royal estate of Pisac near Cusco, World Book shows the reader how superbly the Incan peoples designed their establishments. This book also describes the ruling system of the Inca, their king known as the Sapa Inca. Sacrificial rites were performed to bargain with the heavens for crops and more. Some of the sacrifices were terrible, as was the one were children were left to die in the cold to bring in the rule of the new Sapa Inca. Readers should beware of some PG-13 material because of topics such as this. World Book tastefully handles all aspects of this book as it teaches readers about Incan temples, rites, foods, clothing, ruling classes, families, language, records, and more. The book ends with the sad tale of the conquistadors, under the leadership of Spain’s Pizarro, destroying the Incan empire. Review by Miss Anderson.

** //Yours Truly, Lucy B. Parker: Girl vs. Superstar// by Robin Palmer ** ** (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2010) ** This book highlights the life of Lucy Parker, a young middle school girl whose mother tutors Laurel Moses. “THE Laurel Moses,” Lucy writes in first person. Laurel Moses is the book’s equivalent of American teen sensation Miley Cyrus. When Lucy’s mom falls in love with Laurel’s dad, Lucy must learn to deal with being the soon-to-be stepsister of the most well-known teen in the world. Lucy must also deal with all of the tragedies and triumphs of middle school. Who knows? Maybe a famous stepsister might be help after all. Content: PG-13. Review by Miss Anderson.

**The Recruit (CHERUB Series) by Robert Muchamore** **(New York: Simon Pulse, 2010, c2004)** James Choke (later James Adams) struggles at school and in life. His mother loves him, but has introduced James and his little sister Lauren to a life of crime. After their mother dies, James and Lauren are split up: James is sent to a dismal foster home where he continues to live in a way that will lead him to a life of crime. Unbeknownst to him, James’s roommate there is an undercover recruiter for a special youth unit of the UK’s MI-5 program called CHERUB. James is selected to join CHERUB’s testing processes, his intelligence in mathematics being the biggest draw for CHERUB’s use of James’s abilities. The book leads us through James’s CHERUB initiation trials and his first official mission where he must pretend to be a member of an extremist environmental support community in the center of England next to a conference center where an important environmental conference is occurring. Officials are worried that some of the environmental extremists will attack the conference and James must listen for criminal activity. After the mission is over, James concludes that there are evil people on both sides of all arguments. Content: PG-13. Review by Miss Anderson.

**// Before Midnight: A Retelling of “Cinderella” //**** by Cameron Dokey ** ** (New York: Simon Pulse, 2007) ** This enticing retelling of Cinderella’s story -- in which the lead character is given the French version of her name Cendrillon -- brings to life an altered beloved tale in which the father of Cinderella lives on and the evil stepmother is not so evil. The stepsisters learn to love Cinderella, and the absent father is the one to fear. I enjoyed reading the story until the end which surprised me! I’ll let readers enjoy what I enjoyed at first and not ruin an ending that may please some readers. Review by Miss Anderson.

**// Condoleezza Rice: National Security Advisor //**** by Christin Ditchfield ** ** (New York: Franklin Watts, 2003)) ** Condoleezza Rice was born in Birmingham, Alabama on November 14, 1954, during the civil rights movement. Despite the tumultuous political times of her youth, her parents taught her to never feel inferior to anyone. Talented and loved by her family, Ms. Rice grew up attending church where her father was a minister. Mr. Rice was also a high school counselor and football coach. Condoleezza learned to love all sports because of her father. Her mother is described as lovely. Condoleezza tried many extra-curricular activities while growing up from ice skating to piano playing: Her parents held her to high expectations. She later found that her greatest talent lay in understanding international politics. ~ Her family moved to Denver when Condoleezza was thirteen years old. In Colorado, after skipping two grades in school growing up, Condoleezza would earn her bachelor’s degree with honors at the age of nineteen. She would also earn her master’s and doctoral degrees elsewhere after which she became a professor at Stanford University. Ms. Rice became known as an expert on political affairs of the Soviet Union (Russia). A fluent speaker of Russian, Professor Rice left Stanford University after five years to help the United States administration with Russian political affairs. Ms. Rice later returned to Stanford to become provost (the second highest position at a university after the president of the university). President George W. Bush asked her to join his campaign as his national security advisor after six years as provost. Ms. Rice accepted. ~ Condoleezza Rice impressed many as the national security advisor to the president. During her years in this position, President George W. Bush declared the war on terror after the frightening events of September 11. Ms. Rice played a crucial role in helping to protect the United States during this time. Author Christin Ditchfield writes, “[Ms.] Rice has become an internationally known political figure.” The author also writes, “John and Angelena Rice [Condoleezza Rice’s parents] had great expectations for their little girl, and she fulfilled every one.” Review by Miss Anderson.

**// Storyteller //**** by Patricia Reilly Giff (New York: Wendy Lamb Books, 2010) ** // Storyteller // by Patricia Reilly Giff artfully gives the reader two versions of the same story about a girl who lived during the Revolutionary War. Elizabeth lives in the twenty-first century. Elizabeth’s father needs to travel to Australia to sell some carvings that he creates and sends Elizabeth to stay with her aunt Libby during his absence. Elizabeth feels sorrow at the thought of changing schools for awhile and of living with a woman she doesn’t know well. When she comes to live with Libby, she becomes enchanted with an old framed sketching of a girl named Zee—a nickname for the name Eliza—who lived during the eighteenth century. The novel then tells us the story of Zee. An uncanny resemblance exists between Elizabeth and Zee as the author tells us of Zee’s adventures as a Patriot at the beginning of the Revolution and Elizabeth as she attempts to find out more about Zee. This book does not include time travel, rather, Patricia Reilly Giff creates a situation in which the chapters that involve Zee encountering war parallel Elizabeth going to the sites where the war happened, etc. The book’s drama is mostly found in Zee’s story as we learn of neighbors turning against neighbors and of the tragedies that happened in households and during battles that waged during the Revolution. The book is called //Storyteller// for Elizabeth’s sake. To explain why would be to give some aspects of Elizabeth’s self-discovery away. I recommend it. Review by Miss Anderson.

//** The Lost Hero **//** by Rick Riordan ** ** (New York: Disney, 2010) ** For Rick Riordan fans, this addition to the Percy Jackson series will be fun. I read and skimmed both to about page 85. Jason is a boy who wakes up on a bus with amnesia holding the hand of a cute girl and talking with a boy who claims to be his best chum. Jason has no idea who he is or how he got on a bus for juvenline delinquents. The group he is with is headed toward the Skywalk over the Grand Canyon on a field trip with Coach Hedge, a short man with a loud voice who later turns out to be a satyr. After the school's resident best-looking-kid-there steals Pyper away from Jason and Leo as a study partner, Jason is able to ask Leo some questions. What results is Leo playing along with Jason's need to pretend he can't remember, Leo thinks, and then, amidst the revelations Leo is providing, a storm arises and the kids all have to leave the Skywalk. As the storm arises, Coach Hedge calls Jason over and asks if he is causing the storm or if he is a monster. Jason is excited that someone knows that he is not supposed to be on this trip and asks Coach Hedge some questions. All make it back inside the visitor's center to avoid a storm save for Jason, Coach Hedge, Pyper, Dylan, and Leo. Dylan then reveals that he is the monster Coach Hedge has been looking for and a fight ensues. Jason soon discovers that he has power to accomplish heroic deeds. The book continues by revealing that Leo, Pyper, and Jason are all half-blood gods -- demigods. Dylan is part of a group trying to destroy the demigods. The kids end up in a demigod camp where they hone their skills. Percy Jackson fans will love it. All eight copies were checked out quickly. Review by Miss Anderson.

**// The Batboy //**** by Mike Lupica ** ** (New York: Philomel Books, 2010) ** Comercia Park is were the Detroit Tigers play ball, and it is also where our protagonist Brian Dudley is a batboy after his major league baseball playing father has left home. Brian earns the job after writing two letters to the Detroit Tigers' clubhouse and equipment manager Mr. Schenkel, who first tells Brian he is too young to be a batboy and that he needs to keep his grades high. Brian keeps his grades high and writes a second letter two years later. Brian mentions his dad's name and is hired. The book has an intermingling of a sweet love of baseball and the fact that baseball is political at the major league level. Brian's favorite baseball player is coming back to the Tigers--fictional Hank Bishop--and is a character who has used steroids and has struggled in other ways. The book would likely be a good read for kids who have ever admired a major league or national level player and have been disappointed by his or her behavior. The book starts with a lot of baseball jargon which may be daunting to some audiences. The same feature may make the book appealing to other audiences. Review by Miss Anderson.

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