Zombies, running amuck, killing everything in their path, are near your home. A unicorn baby, who is cute but deadly, is trusted to your care after the mother’s final breath. In Zombies VS Unicorns, a collection of short stories, these are typical obstacles that the protagonists run in to. Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier...
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Jane and Allison were the best of friends. That is until a horribly embarrassing accident that ruins Allison’s reputation. Jane tries to comfort her, but Allison seemed to be in a deep funk. Suddenly, Lanalee comes into the picture. She helps get Allison out of her depression and back on her feet, but there’s...
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The Island of the Blue Dolphins Adventure By Scott O’Dell Reviewed by Carlton 5 out of 5 Stars Meet Karana, a 12 year-old girl, indigenous to the “Island of the Blue Dolphins”. She is the son of Chief Chowig, the chief of the village of Ghalas-at, and the younger sister of Ulape, and the...
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The small southern town of Gatlin, South Carolina, was like any other old town, or as close as Gatlin could get. You see, Gatlin has roots spreading all the way back during the Civil War or as most people of Gatlin like to call it, the War Between the States, but that is only...
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“Mr. Smith, would you like to escape?” 5 men are being held captive in Virginia during the Civil War when one of these men, a sailor by the name of Pencroff, asks Cyrus Smith, the engineer, this question. Cyrus, Pencroff, a reporter named Gideon Spilett, Cyrus’s previous slave, Neb, Harbert Brown,...
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“They are coming after me, understand? I don’t know how they found me after all these years, but they did. Find the bird in the loop. On the other side of the old man’s grave. September third, 1940. There you will be safe.” This was the very last thing that Jacob Portman, a 16-year-old...
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“…I realize- life can always get worse.” Poor Grubitsch Grady, or rather Grubbs as everyone called him, had no idea how unfortunately true his statement would become. After an embarrassing day at school, witch involved his mother yelling and his father uncharacteristically losing his temper, he decided to take vengeance on his sister by...
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“Ignoring all the laws of magic Alanna had been taught, the picture grew and spread. It was a city made of all black, shiny stone. Alanna leaned forward, squinting to see it better. She had never seen anything like this city. The sun beat down on gleaming walls and towers. Alanna was afraid—more afraid...
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“Listen closely and I will tell you two things. When the time comes and you need a weapon look under the roots of the Menoa Tree…” At the end of Eldest, the second book, Murtagh defeats Eragon and thakes his sword, Zar’roc, as his prize, leaving Eragon weaponless. Feeling distraught, Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, fulfill...
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A Ranger’s work is never done. Whether he is dealing with international affairs or simply a small band of marauders in his own fief, the Rangers work from dawn until dusk. There are fifty fiefs in the kingdom of Araluen and each one has its own Ranger. The time setting is more of a...
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