Monthly Archives: December 2010

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare. New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2010 In Clockwork Angel, Clare returns to the world she created in her series, The Mortal Instruments. Clockwork Angel, the first installment in the new Infernal Devices series, is … Continue reading

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Bloodthirsty by Flynn Meaney

Bloodthirsty by Flynn Meaney. Little, Brown and Company, 2010. What is it that attracts teenage girls, and grown women, to vampires? They’re pale and brooding, with strange eyes, not tanned and athletic. But they’re somehow also mysterious and sexy. So … Continue reading

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Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld

Behemoth, by Scott Westerfeld. New York: Simon Pulse, 2010. In Behemoth, Westerfeld returns to the alternate history he began in Leviathan, continuing the story of Deryn Sharp, a girl posing as a boy in the British Air Service, and Alek, … Continue reading

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Mare’s War by Tanita Davis

Grades 6-10  Marey Lee Boylen, known as Mare, is not a typical grandmother. For Octavia and Talitha, the prospect of a forced, cross-country road trip with their unpredictable grandmother is daunting, even if the mode of transportation is a red … Continue reading

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