Flyte

Title: Flyte Series: Septimus Heap, Book 2 Author: Angie Sage Illustrator: Mark Zug Narrator: Gerard Doyle ISBN: 9781419393891 Pages: 532 pages Discs/CDs: 10 CDs, 11 hours 30 minutes Publisher/Date: HarperCollinsChildren’s Books, c2006. In no time at all, Thunder reached the Great Arch. Jenna expected Simon to slow down and turn the horse around to go back [...]

The Unwanteds

Title: The Unwanteds Author: Lisa McMann ISBN: 9781442407688 Pages: 390 pages Publisher/Date: Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, c2011. “I’m not sure we’re doing the right thing at all by holding him back.” Claire sighed. “[...] Alex is spending all his free time alone–and frankly, I don’t blame him. Everyone’s angry with him, and [...]

A World Without Heroes

Title: A World Without Heroes Series: Beyonders #1 Author: Brandon Mull ISBN: 9781416997924 Pages: 454 pages Publisher/Date: Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division, c2011. He attempted to double back to the reading area, but could not find that, either. Instead, he came to a different open area, where the only furnishing [...]

Friday Feature – Discussion Questions for Harry Potter #7

This Friday Feature post concludes my process of posting all the questions that I developed for a set of book discussions based on the Harry Potter book series. Today, I’m featuring Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final book in the series. Did you miss the set of discussion questions for the [...]

Inkheart

Title: Inkheart Author: Cornelia Funke Narrator: Lynn Redgrave ISBN: 0807220108 Pages: 534 pages Discs/CDs: 14 CDs, 15 hours 36 minutes Publisher/Date: Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group, c2003. Meggie has led a quiet life with her bookbinder father Mo, surrounded by books and reveling in the enjoyment they provide her. One [...]

Friday Feature — Discussion Questions for Harry Potter #6

This Friday Feature post continues my process of posting all the questions that I developed for a set of book discussions based on the Harry Potter book series. Today, I’m featuring Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth book in the series. Did you miss the set of discussion questions for the previous books? [...]

Friday Feature — Discussion Questions for Harry Potter #5

This Friday Feature post continues my process of posting all the questions that I developed for a set of book discussions based on the Harry Potter book series. Today, I’m featuring Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth book in the series. Did you miss the set of discussion questions for the [...]

100 Cupboards

Title: 100 Cupboards Author: N. D. Wilson Narrator: Russell Horton. ISBN: 9780375838811 Pages: 289 pages CDs/Discs: 5 CDs, 6 hours, 23 minutes Publisher/Date: Random House, c2007. “As a cloud of black smoke blew out the back of the saw, the chain blade spun into loud motion. He leaned the blade back and slowly lowered it [...]

Friday Feature — Discussion Questions for Harry Potter #4

This Friday Feature post continues my process of posting all the questions that I developed for a set of book discussions based on the Harry Potter book series. Today, I’m featuring Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth book in the series. Did you miss the set of discussion questions for the previous [...]

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

Title: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Author: Grace Lin Narrator: Janet Song ISBN: 9780307746047 Pages: 278 pages CDs/Discs: 4 CDs, 4 hours, 57 minutes Publisher/Date: Random House, Inc., Listening Library, c2010. Living with her mother and father in a small and sparse mountain village, young Minli toils with them over the land to yield the [...]