The Undertakers

Title: The Undertakers: Rise of the Corpses Author: Ty Drago ISBN: 9781402247859 Pages: 465 pages Publisher/Date: Sourcebooks, Inc., c2011. Pratt was the neighborhood grouch. Somewhere in his seventies, he lived alone, kept to himself, and got pissed off more often and with less reason than anyone I’d ever met. “I’m talking to you, Ritter!” I [...]

Anna and the French Kiss

Title: Anna and the French Kiss Author: Stephanie Perkins ISBN: 9780525423270 Pages: 372 pages Publisher/Date: Dutton Books, c2010. He’s drunk. He’s just drunk. Calm down, Anna. He’s drunk, and he’s going through a crisis. There is NO WAY he knows what he’s talking about right now. So what do I do? Oh my God, what [...]

Friday Feature — Illustrator Interview with Rick Allen

Rick Allen made his stunning picture book debut with his illustrations for Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night, written by Joyce Sidman. The book explains a little about the process on the copyright page, which you should take a look at if you missed it. But I was curious to find out more [...]

Revolution

Title: Revolution Author: Jennifer Donnelly ISBN: 9780385737630 Pages: 482 pages Publisher/Date: Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, c2010. I laugh out loud. “No, I’m not.” “No arguments, Andi. You’re coming to Paris and you’re taking your laptop with you. We’ll be there for three weeks. Plenty of time for you to work up [...]

Resistance

Title: Resistance: Book 1 Author: Carla Jablonski Artist: Leland Purvis Colorist: Hilary Sycamore ISBN: 9781596432918 Pages: 121 pages Publisher/Date: First Second, c2010. Paul Tessier lives with his two sisters, Marie and Slyvie, and his mother in the free area of France during World War II. The rest of France is occupied by German soldiers, who are steadily [...]

Virals

Title: Virals Author: Kathy Reichs ISBN: 9781595143426 Pages: 456 pages Publisher/Date: Razorbill, c2010. Reviewed from ARC furnished by Traveling ARC Tours Release Date: Nov. 2, 2010 Since I realize ARCs (Advanced Reader Copy) are not the finalized book and can go through the editing process still, I figured I’d quote from GoodReads.com rather than the [...]

Wish

Title: Wish Author: Alexandra Bullen ISBN: 9780545130952 Pages: 323 pages Publisher/Date: Point, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., c2010. “Nobody skips town in the middle of the school year for no reason,” he continued, narrowing his eyes into little slits. Olivia shrugged, crossing and uncrossing her ankles and staring at a patch of weeds pushing up between [...]

Voices of Dragons

Title: Voices of Dragons Author: Carrie Vaughn ISBN: 9780061798948 Pages: 309 pages Publisher/Date: HarperTeen, c2010 A deep, short growl echoed above her. She rolled over and looked up. She was in shadow, and a dragon hunched over her. A real dragon, close up. Two stories tall, a long, finely wrought head on a snaking neck, [...]

Swindle

Title: Swindle Author: Gordon Korman Narrator: Jonathan Todd Ross ISBN: 9781436106542 Pages: 252 pages Discs: 4 CDs, 4.5 hours Publisher/Date: Scholastic Press, c2008. “You have been chosen for your special skills to do something that urgently needs to be done. To learn more, come to the Ballroom at 3:30. Don’t miss this. It will be [...]

Watersmeet

Title: Watersmeet Author: Ellen Jensen Abbott ISBN: 9780761455363 Pages: 341 pages Publisher/Date: Marshall Cavendish, c2009. Next to her, Jorno put a warning hand on her arm. “Be ready to run.” Abisina spotted a large man throwing himself through the crowd like a fish swimming against the current. “The outcasts!” he screamed. “The cursed outcasts!” His cry [...]