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Title: The Son of Neptune Author: Rick Riordan Narrator: Joshua Swanson ISBN: 9780307916815 (book on CD) Pages: 521 pages Publisher/Date: Disney Hyperion Books, c2011. Discs/CDs: 11 CDs, 13 hours 30 minutes The snake-haired ladies were starting to annoy Percy. They should have died three days ago when he dropped a crate of bowling balls on [...]
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 [...]
January 31, 2012
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Title: The Memory Bank Author: Carolyn Coman and Rob Shepperson Illustrator: Rob Shepperson ISBN: 9780545210669 Pages: 379 pages Publisher/Date: Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., c2010. “Forget her.” Hope’s father wasn’t kidding. He never kidded. Moments before, he had ordered Honey–Hope’s little sister, a skim coat of bubble gum covering most of [...]
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 [...]
Title: The Wikkeling Author: Steven Arntson Illustrated: Daniela J. Terrazzini ISBN: 9780762439034 Pages: 234 pages Publisher/Date: Running Press Kids, c2011 Publication Date: “Henrietta stared. She blinked and stared again. What she saw there was not a person, though it kind of looked like one. It was the size of an adult, but its face was [...]
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 [...]
September 13, 2011
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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 [...]
September 2, 2011
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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 [...]
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? [...]
August 26, 2011
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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 [...]
August 19, 2011
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