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Blend a detailed lesson on discovering your personality/learning type with Marie and Law’s first hand knowledge of 82 possible colleges/universities majors and enviroments from across the spectrum and you see the potential their text Find the Perfect College for You has for students who just don’t know where to start their college search. Every high . . . → Read More: Find the Perfect College for You Bianca struggle for self-control is edgy and probably a bit too sexy for a school audience in Kody Keplinger’s The Duff (Designated Ugly Fat Friend). The storyline is pretty predictable but the redeeming value is Bianca’s reflective, smart, sometimes in-your-face voice as the narrator. Bianca is best friends with two girls she believes are much . . . → Read More: The Duff Authors of this self-help book are both Harvard graduates who have crafted a fine book of guidelines for parents, students and school staff for how to succeed in all the many aspects of college/university choice and acceptance. Any student in 10th or 11th grade ought to examine this book with their parents at their side . . . → Read More: Get Into Any College: Secrets of Harvard Students This amazing science experiment book focuses on topics related to biology. The chapters include: The Study of Life, Cells Alive!, Microbiology Reveals an Invisible World, Plants Make Life Possible, Plant Life Cycles, Adaptations are a Matter of Life and Death, Animal Life Cycles, and Protect Living Things. Each chapter has background information followed by a . . . → Read More: Backyard Biology In this Tintinesque graphic novel, the reader is introduce to the story Julius Chancer, a historian’s assistant. The assistant is caught up in an intrigue involving a silent movie actress, a cheating businessman, and the search for a rare orchid. This high-flying adventure travels all around the world as new twists to the tale are . . . → Read More: Rainbow Orchid, The: Volume One In this graphic novel, the reader is drawn into an action adventure story of two brothers desperately trying to find their mother and outsmart the evil treasure hunters who are searching for her as well. The boys are kidnapped by the treasure hunters and taken to the last place where their mother was last seen . . . → Read More: Into the Volcano Michael Carroll’s success with his Quantum Prophecy series continues to spill over with this second book of a trilogy that is a prequel to the 1st series. The evil Krodin was gone, or so the superhumans Roz, Abby, Lance and Thunder thought 3 weeks earlier when walked away into their separate lives again. But overnight . . . → Read More: The Ascension: a Super Human clash Flyaway grabbed me from the start and I didn’t stop until the final decision was made. Stevie is a junior in high school with too much on her figurative plat and very little on her real plate. Her mother’s “profession” gets her harrassed at school and her mother’s personal choices keep Stevie’s mind racing as . . . → Read More: Flyaway Private Bradley Manning, Wikileaks, and the Biggest Exposure of Official Secrets in American HistoryThe honest, evenly balanced research and writing of Denver Nicks in Private Bradley Manning, Wikileaks, and the Biggest Exposure of Official Secrets in American History is refreshing. Nicks assessment of situations, inferences from thousands of both email transcripts and personal interviews, and wry writing style give a fair critique of both t Manning and the . . . → Read More: Private Bradley Manning, Wikileaks, and the Biggest Exposure of Official Secrets in American History Pinned presents a refreshing twist on the girl meets boy theme – overcoming disabilities. Autumn is the only female on the wrestling team. Autumn has no confidence in her academic ability and is working below grade level. Autumn’s parents take her off of the wrestling team because her grades. She can pin an opponent . . . → Read More: Pinned by Sharon Flake Stunning! Fabulous! Amazing! The simple text is almost poetical as it describes a spiral as a snuggling shape, a growing shape, a strong shape, a clever shape, and the gorgeous illustrations on each page depict examples from nature where spirals are found in the context described in that bit of text. Labels tucked cozily in . . . → Read More: Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature If you live in the United States, you probably know that Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese military in 1941, an act which triggered America’s involvement in World War II. You probably DON’T know, however, that the Japanese invaded Alaska’s Aleutian Islands six months later. This meticulously researched book tells that story. The . . . → Read More: Ghosts in the Fog: The Untold Story of Alaska’s WWII Invasion Piper knows she’s cynical. Falling in love is not something she aspires to do. In fact, she usually walks away before she can every really get to know a guy. Enter her two best girlfriends with a love potion plan to find boyfriends by Feburary 14th. The fact that her single mother of three owns . . . → Read More: Love? Maybe The cover, featuring a handsome shirtless lifeguard, gives the reader the impression that The Lifeguard will be a romantic beach read. But the reader may be disappointed. The characters are poorly defined; for instance the reader learns next to nothing about the lifeguard, Pilot, other than that he is handsome and has supernatural healing powers. Sirena, . . . → Read More: The Lifeguard Shift is the sequel to Shade and is the second book in the Shade Trilogy. Shift takes up two months after Shade ends and continues the story of Aura, her dead boyfriend Logan, and a new love interest Zachary. This paranormal love triangle romance is full of action, dangerous and sexy entanglements with twists and . . . → Read More: Shift The final book in the Avatar Chronicles trilogy, Edda‘s story follows immediately upon the previous books, Epic and Sage. As very little back story is presented in Edda, it is best read after the first two books. The main character, Penelope has known no world beside the video game universe of Edda her entire life. . . . → Read More: Edda The sequel to Trickster’s Girl, Traitor’s Son continues an intriguing adventure story, full of non-stop action and interesting characters, including a likable teenaged hero. Blending magic and science with Pacific Northwest Native mythology, this fantasy novel will appeal to teenage readers. The introduction explains Democracy and it’s various elements, with an well done chronology of the evolution of democracy. Readability is good and the book is divided into components explaining various aspects of democracy with solid examples provided. There are interesting historical references to the development of the Bill of Rights, Amendments, and the Athenian Model. . . . → Read More: Democracy Hook, line and sinker, this reader went for Monarchy because of the cover. The young Elisabeth with her coronation garb made me want to read about her. No wonder my double take after the 1st chapter when I realized that the rest of the book would be about the history of monarchies, as the title . . . → Read More: Monarchy How brilliant to connect socially motivated young people with adult leaders, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, who have actually achieved recognition for making change happen. Peace Jam is an inspiring look at the work of the Nobel Laureates and how that work can also be accomplished by young people all over the world. Motivated individuals can . . . → Read More: Peace Jam “Ladies and gentlemen, it is now time for your main event.” So begins Patrick Jones’s 60 page chronological tour of the “sports entertainment” genre known as professional wrestling. The first 16 pages offer up an interesting historical timeline of the key match ups over the 100+ years of “entertainment” wrestling. The second chapter basically gives . . . → Read More: The Main Event: The Moves and Muscle of Pro Wrestling The last year of Rose Hathaway’s life wraps up her typical dramatic flare in Last Sacrifice, the final installment of the Vampire Academy novels. Rose is on her way to becoming her best friend Lissa’s guardian when the unimaginable happens – she is accused of murdering the queen, which is also her boyfriend’s aunt. Well . . . → Read More: Last Sacrifice In this fantasy graphic novel, the main character, Seifer Tombchewer, has a great life being one of the most popular boys in his small village. But that all changes one day when he is kidnapped by the royal guard. It turns out that Prince Pandemonium, the next in line to the throne, has disappeared and . . . → Read More: Pandemonium In this graphic novel, there is a serious plague that kills off everyone that is over 12 years old. The main character, Lisa Nelson, is one of the surviving 12 year olds. In a world without adults, she must try to keep her younger brother and herself alive. Lisa must keep her family safe from . . . → Read More: Girl Who Owned a City, The Shelley Coriell, noted romance writer, has entered new territory with Welcome, Caller, This is Chloe, her debut novel. Strong in voice, characters, plot, topics, and emotion, Coriell takes readers into the engaging world of Chloe Camden, junior at Del Ray High School in Southern California, as major changes are shaking her life. Chloe loves vintage . . . → Read More: Welcome, Caller, This is Chloe |
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