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Book Review: Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary “Jacky” Faber, Ship’s Boy by L.A. Meyer

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Rachel

Are you in the mood for swash-buckling, sea-faring, hysterical and moving coming-of-age story about a strong-willed girl?  If so, this is the book for you. In a plague-ravaged London, Mary Faber is suddenly without home or family.  Adopted by a gang of street … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Rachel

Welcome to New World.  Just over twenty years ago, human settlers arrived and began to build a new society, but they were not alone.    There are no more women.  There are no more children.  There is no more privacy.  Every … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (Sound Recording)

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Rachel

Victorian England greets Tessa Gray, come from America to join her brother and only relative, in very strange ways.  Within moments of disembarking from her journey, she is taken captive and soon forced into a world she could scarcely have … Continue reading →

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Could your library help you do this?

Posted on January 21, 2011 by beth

Robert Nay just launched his first iPhone App four weeks ago, and it’s already been downloaded 2,000,000 times.  But Robert is not a professional computer programmer, nor does he work for a gaming company.  He is a fourteen year-old teen … Continue reading →

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