Life sucks when your friends are pissed at you. Just ask Zoey Redbird - she's become an expert on suckiness. In one week she has gone from having three boyfriends to having none, and from having a close group of friends who trusted and supported her, to being an outcast. Speaking of friends, the only two Zoey has left are undead and unMarked. And Neferet has declared war on humans, which Zoey knows in her heart is Read more...
From Booklist*Starred Review* Feared as a killer since her childhood, Lady Katsa uses her unusual Grace (superhuman gift) in the service of her uncle, King Randa. She is beginning to rebel against his orders to kill or maim his more disloyal subjects when her path crosses that of Po. A young foreign prince with a mysterious Grace as well as wisdom beyond his years, Po convinces Katsa that she can stand up to the brutal king and put her gift to better uses. When Katsa joins Po on a quest, she throws herself headlong into a rescue mission and finds romance, self-knowledge, and justice along the way. Although many fantasy writers create intriguing alternate worlds and worthy adventures, as Cashore does in this well-imagined novel, she also offers believable characters with enough depth, subtlety, and experience to satisfy older readers. Katsa is a heroine who can physically overpower most men she meets, yet her strength is not achieved by becoming manlike. She may care little for fine clothes, but from her first kill to her first experience of lovemaking, Katsa’s womanhood is integral to her character. An impressive first novel, this well-crafted and rewarding fantasy will leave readers hoping for more. Grades 9-12. --Carolyn Phelan
Kill or be killed that is the theme in the Hunger Games. One of my all time favorite book is Lois Lowry’s The Giver, like The Giver some apocalyptic event has changed the world as we know it. In this story each year a game is held, the winner becomes a hero for his or her community as they will be awarded riches for an entire year, but the consequence is that the winner must kill all of the other contestants.
Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life--dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge--he follows.
Isinglass Teen Read Award
It is that time of year again....vote for your favorite book from the Isinglass Teen Read Award selection.
All votes need to be submitted by April 30th so that they can be forwarded to the committee by the May 4th 2009 deadline.
Flume Book Award
Cast your ballot and have your vote count towards selecting the 2009 Flume Award Winner. All votes need to be submitted by April 30th.
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