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Sky Chasers
A review of Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan

 In the first book of the upcoming Sky Chasers series, we find ourselves thrust into humanity's attempt to migrate to another habitable planet, New Earth, after our Earth's resources are exploited beyond repair. Waverly, a 15-year old member of the first generation born in deep space, does not know another environment other than the Empyrean, the ship she's been on her entire life. Waverly is caught up in the major decision of who to marry and have children with when the unthinkable happens: the ...read more

Reviewed by Jesse on September 16, 2011 | 0 comments

Selznick's creative storytelling leaves me Wonderstruck
A review of Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick

 Employing a unique format for telling one larger tale, the author separates two intriguing stories of deaf children, set 50 years apart, by using words to convey Ben's journey to find his father in New York after his mother passes away, and appropriately relying on pictures to tell Rose's silent quest to find a mysterious celebrity. When the stories finally intersect, the combination of words and pictures explode with emotional detail to reveal the circumstances that brought the two worlds ...read more

Reviewed by Jesse on August 26, 2011 | 3 comments

Out of this world!
A review of Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke

 Would you press a giant red button that fell from the sky encased within a meteorite? Ignoring the protests from Joseph, Zita pushes the button, opening a wormhole just long enough for the mechanized tendrils of the Screed to snatch Joseph and lead Zita on a chase through another world chasing the nasty alien and her friend. Along the way, Zita meets some imaginative and unusual alien allies who join the rescue effort. The illustrations in this graphic novel do a wondrous job conveying the ...read more

Reviewed by Jesse on July 22, 2011 | 0 comments

High School Havoc
A review of Blank Confession by Pete Hautman

 Mike Martin, aka Mikey the Munchkin, is used to attracting attention from other students who find his vintage suits to be a bit abnormal for daily high school attire. But when Mikey finds himself attracting the unsolicited attention of Jon Brande, the school drug dealer and his older sister’s newest boyfriend, he has to choose whether to pay up or run his mouth as usual. Luckily for Mikey, he has made friends with the new kid, Shayne Blank, who has the moral foundation and martial arts ...read more

Reviewed by Jesse on April 28, 2011 | 0 comments

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