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		<title>Nonstop Action/Adventure  &#8211;  Kingdom Keepers: Shell Game by Ridley Pearson</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prolific author for both children and adults, Ridley Pearson has written another edge-of-your-seat, action/adventure book in his Kingdom Keepers series. Book V of the series, The Shell Game, takes the five Kingdom Keepers&#8211;Finn, Maybeck, Charlene, Willa, and Philby&#8211;on a Disney cruise infiltrated by Disney villains.  Disney World is under seige and it&#8217;s up to the Kingdom Keepers to save the day. I&#8217;m not quite finished reading the book, but true to form, Ridley Pearson takes you on a roller coaster ride of a story full of suspense and action.  If you like the Alex Rider series, then Kingdom Keepers is for you! And if you need another plug for Ridley Pearson, I&#8217;ve heard him speak several times at book signings and author events, and he always impresses with his &#8220;never give up, you can do it&#8221; advice to writers.  Sometimes authors at book signings are too tired and grumpy to even smile (even children&#8217;s authors), but not Ridley.  He and Dave Barry even took the time to sign my son&#8217;s cast.  Fantastic.]]></description>
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		<title>New YA for Twilight Lovers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Matched by Ally Condie:  Dystopian YA romance.  Twilight meets The Hunger Games. Nevermore by Kelly Creagh.  Suspenseful YA romance.  Twilight meets Edgar Allen Poe. Great reads!]]></description>
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		<title>Companion to Life as We Knew It:  the dead &amp; the gone</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Smoore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Susan Beth Pfeffer&#8217;s the dead &#38; the gone (Harcourt 2008) is a companion story to her previous YA novel Life as We Knew (Harcourt 2006).  The novel takes the same cataclysmic disaster, but this time tells the story from the perspective of Alex Morales, a seventeen-year-old boy living in New York City. When a meteor hits the moon and pushes it closer to the Earth, the change in gravitational pull causes massive worldwide destruction.  Tides rise, magma surfaces, tectonic plates shift, and soon the earth is enveloped by natural is &#8211;tsunamis, volcanoes, earthquakes.  Volcanic ash darkens the sky, temperatures plummet, crops fail.  There are evacuations, power outages, food and fuel shortages, deadly epidemics.  Lines of communication shut down&#8211;no radio, internet, cell phones, tv.   Thousands of people are dead, and most of Alex&#8217;s family are among &#8220;the gone,&#8221; as Alex refers to them.  These include Alex&#8217;s older brother Carlos who is deployed with the Marines, Alex&#8217;s aunt and uncle who evacuate soon after the disaster, Alex&#8217;s mother who has never returned home from her shift at the hospital, and Alex&#8217;s dad who has never returned from a family funeral in Puerto Rico.  They are &#8220;the gone&#8221;&#8211;never confirmed dead but nonetheless absent.  Just like Alex&#8217;s aunt and uncle who evacuate NYC soon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Treasure Goes to Rome: Ring of Fire by P.D. Baccalario</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Smoore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seems like everyone likes a treasure hunt.  Add to that a web of historical artifacts, ancient symbols, and mythic beliefs, and you&#8217;ve got such stuff as The DaVinci Code and National Treasure are made of (to paraphrase Shakespeare).  You&#8217;ve also got the stuff of the YA Novel Ring of Fire: Century Quartet #1by Pierdomenico Baccalario and translated by Leah D. Janeczko (Random House, 2006) has mystery, action, and seemingly endless clues that make you think everything is an ingeniously interconnected web of cosmic importance.   The novel takes place on Rome on December 29 as four teenagers from across the globe&#8211;all born on February 29&#8211;meet by chance at the hotel Domus Quintilia.  A mysterious blackout leads them outside, a stranger fleeing for his life thrusts a briefcase into their hands, and they find themselves searching a trail of ancient clues and stalked by a deadly international assassin.   That&#8217;s all I&#8217;m giving away.  But be prepared:  the book ends on a cliff-hanger.  You won&#8217;t be satisified at the end of this book because you&#8217;ll be wishing for the next one.]]></description>
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		<title>Capturing the Castle in Michelle Cooper&#8217;s YA Novel:  A Brief History of Montmaray</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Brief History of Montmaray by Michelle Cooper (Alfred A. Knopf 2008), is a great young adult novel written as the diary of sixteen-year-old Sophie FitzOsborne.  Sophie and her cousins are the royal family of Montmaray (population approximately twelve), a tiny fictional island that lies between England and Spain.  All the parents are dead, except for one crazy uncle, so the FitzOsborne cousins pretty much fend for themselves as they care for a crumbling castle, a crazy relative, dwindling funds, and subjects who keep migrating to more prosperous locales. Sophie is invited by her guardian, Aunt Charlotte, to come to London to be introduced at court and meet eligible aristocrats.  Sophie struggles between her desire for beautiful dresses and fancy parties and her love of the wild, untamed island that is her home.  Sophie is also afraid to venture out into the unknown without her trusted older cousin Veronica, an intellectual who insists on staying in Montmaray to chronicle its history and to stave off its inevitable decline.  But everyone&#8217;s plans are jeopardized when two German officers land on the island, and tiny Montmaray is suddenly thrown into the conflict of World War II. Reminiscent of Dodie Smith&#8217;s I Capture the Castle, A Brief History of Montmaray has romantic conflict akin to a Jane Austen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apocalyptic &#8211; Life as We Knew It</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written as a diary, Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (Harcourt 2006) tells the survival story of sixteen year old Miranda and her family.  When a meteor collides with the moon, everything on Earth changes.  The moon is pushed closer to the Earth and the change in gravitational pull causes massive worldwide destruction&#8211; tides rise, magma surfaces, tectonic plates shift, and soon the earth is enveloped by natural disasters&#8211;tsunamis, volcanoes, earthquakes.  Volcanic ash darkens the sky, temperatures plummet, crops fail.  Evacuations, power outages, food and fuel shortages close school.  Lines of communication shut down&#8211;no radio, internet, cell phones, tv.  Sixteen year old Miranda and her family aren&#8217;t sure who is alive, who is dead, who has evacuated.  Their Pennsylvania town becomes a lawless wasteland where looters and black market thugs abound.  Suddenly life is all about survival, and Miranda&#8217;s typical teen concerns&#8211;prom, guys, driving&#8211;don&#8217;t much matter.   What is essential?  What is important?  If life all changed tomorrow,  what would really matter?  Life as We Knew It is a gripping read that makes you think about what your priorities are&#8211;and what they should be.]]></description>
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		<title>Catching Fire after The Hunger Games &#8211; Suzanne Collins</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Smoore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who loved The Hunger Games, author Suzanne Collins has written a sequel, Catching Fire (Scholastic, 2009).  The story picks up where Hunger Games left off, with Katniss awkwardly trying to choose between Peeta and Gale and living a life of ease as a Hunger Games champion. But things start to fall apart when Katniss discovers that her and Peeta&#8217;s dual survival was seen as an act of rebellion and has encouraged uprisings in several districts.  The Capitol cracks down and life becomes even more oppressive, something Katniss thought impossible.  Not surprisingly, Katniss&#8217; first instinct is to survive, to stay out of trouble and keep her family alive. But the President  of the Capitol is determined to make Katniss pay, and once again she finds herself in the Arena.  She is selected to compete in the Quarterly Quell, a fight-to-the-death battle that occurs every twenty-five years, only this time competitors are chosen from prior Hunger Games champions. Katniss must battle against the best of the best.  And the Capitol government fully intends to use the Quell to display their absolute power and to kill Katniss as a public and painful example of what happens to those who defy the Capitol.   Again Katniss must use her skill and wits in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Survival of the Fittest:  The Hunger Games</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Smoore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Amazing Race, American Idol, Project Runway, The Biggest Loser, Man vs. Wild, Dancing with the Stars&#8211;reality shows are all over television.  But what if winning Survivor meant being the last one left alive?  What if the bloody battles of the Roman gladiators had been broadcast as reality TV?  Reality TV meets Lord of the Flies in the gripping new YA thriller The Hunger Games (Scholastic, 2008) by Suzanne Collins. The Hunger Games takes place in a brutal and harsh future.  North America has been decimated by war.   One central Capitol rules in tyranny over twelve districts.  Broken by their failed rebellion, starving and deprived, the districts are forced to send their resources to the Capitol:  coal, jewels, grain, weapons.  The Capitol controls the food supply, the economy, the government, the media. As punishment for rebellion, the twelve districts must also send an annual tribute to the Capitol:  one girl and one boy, twenty-four in all, each of whom will fight to the death in the annual televised &#8220;Hunger Games.&#8221;  The voyeurism of reality TV takes a grotesque twist as citizens tune in&#8211;some by choice, some by forced decree&#8211;to watch the 74th Annual Hunger Games. Sixteen year old Katmiss and her family live in District 12.  Poverty and hunger ravage most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YA Thriller:  The Adoration of Jenna Fox</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Smoore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson (Henry Holt, 2008) is a fantastic young adult book&#8211;a sci-fi novel that has the creepy thrill of a scary movie.  Teenager Jenna Fox wakes from a coma to discover that she remembers nothing of her past.  She has to relearn how to talk, walk, eat, live.  Her adoring parents have taken video after video of her childhood, and Jenna watches old family movies of herself in an attempt to discover who she is, or at least who she was.  But bit by bit, Jenna realizes things don&#8217;t add up.  Her parents are lying to her.  She senses that her once loving grandmother is hostile.  Jenna tries to search online about herself and her accident only to find that her parents have locked it so she can&#8217;t access the information.  The novel is set in a futuristic California where super-bacteria have become completely resistant to antibiotics.  Bio-engineering has developed dramatic medical solutions to try to save lives.  But at what cost?  Just how far should you go to save someone you love? As Jenna searches for answers, she finds herself coming up with more and more questions:  &#8221;Who am I?&#8221;  &#8220;What is a soul?&#8221;  &#8220;Do I even have one?&#8221;  &#8220;What does it mean to be human?&#8221;  &#8220;What makes me, me?&#8221; I don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slavery in America:  Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Smoore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like historical fiction?  Then try Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson (Simon &#38; Schuster, 2008).  It looks at slavery from a different vantage point, that of the American Revolutionary War. With their mother dead and their father sold long ago, thirteen year old Isabel and her younger sister Ruth are slaves at the mercy of their mistress in Rhode Island.  Although she promised to free the children after her death, their mistress&#8217; greedy relative sells them to a cold, cruel family.  They arrive with their new masters, the Locktons of New York, just prior to the city&#8217;s siege and occupation by the British.  Since Isabel&#8217;s new master is a powerful and wealthy Loyalist, Isabel is asked to spy for the Patriots.  She does this thinking that she will then be freed as a reward for her information.  But Isabel soon discovers that the principles of freedom, liberty, and justice that the Patriots speak of so fervently don&#8217;t apply to her.  Isabel has to decide&#8211;should she support the Revolution?  The perspective in this book is fascinating.  I often think of slavery as a &#8220;Southern thing,&#8221; forgetting how widespread it was in the North.  In the appendix, Anderson points out that in 1771 [...]]]></description>
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