What Can(t) Wait
Perez, Ashley Hope (2011) What Can(t) Wait. Minneapolis, MN: Carolhoda Books. Plot Summary: Marisa is a good, hardworking daughter who gets good grades and gives half her paycheck from her cashier’s...
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Hopkins, Ellen. (2004) Crank. New York, NY: Simon Pulse. Plot Summary: When Kristina leaves home to try to reconnect with her absentee father, she first stumbles across love…and then meth. Eventually...
View ArticleStop Pretending: What Happened When My Sister Went Crazy
Sones, Sonya. (1999) Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy. New York, NY: HarperCollins Plot Summary: When Cookie’s sister suffers from a mental breakdown and is sent to a...
View ArticleThe Princess Diaries
Cabot, Meg. (2000) The Princess Diaries. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers Plot Summary: Mia is an ordinary girl who spends her days doing ordinary things – like stressing out over math tests and...
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Paulsen, Gary. (1987) Hatchet. New York, NY: Simon Pulse. Plot Summary: Brian is on his way to visit his father after his parent’s divorce when the pilot if the two seater plane he is taking to get...
View ArticleMidnighters: The Secret Hour
Westerfeld, Scott. (2004) Midnighters: The Secret Hour. New York, NY: HarperCollins Children’s Books Plot Summary: Jessica Day has just moved Bixby, a small town in the great state of Oklahoma. She...
View ArticleKarma
Ostlere, Cathy. (2011) Karma. New York, NY: Razorbill Plot Summary/Critical Evaluation: I am skipping ahead to the evaluation so that I can say that no one should recommend this book ever. I’m not...
View ArticleZombies Vs. Unicorns
Black, Holly & Larbelestier, Justine. ed. (2010) Zombies Vs. Unicorns. New York, NY: Margaret K. McElderry Books Plot Summary: It all started when Larbelestier made an offhand comment on her blog...
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Jacobson, Nina (producer) and Ross, Gary (director). (2012) The Hunger Games [motion picture]. USA: Lionsgate. Plot Summary: Film adaptation of the popular book series. Critical Evaluation: Creating a...
View ArticleThe Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond
Burnett, T. Bone (producer). (2012) The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond. New York, NY: Universal Republic Records. Summary: The 15 songs on The Hunger Games movie soundtrack do not come...
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