Book Reviews

Title: The Great Unexpected Author: Sharon Creech Publisher: HarperCollins Pages: 240 ISBN: 978-0061892325 Received:  Publisher Supplied  ARC (ebook) Synopsis: I had big thoughts to match the big wind. I wondered if we find the people we need when we need them. I wondered if we attract our future by some sort of invisible force, or if we are drawn…

“TO YOU, PERCEPTIVE READER, I BEQUEATH MY HISTORY…” Late one night, exploring her father’s library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters. The letters are all addressed to “My dear and unfortunate successor,” and they plunge her into a world she never dreamed of – a labyrinth where the secrets of her father’s past…

Title: Etiquette & Espionage Author: Gail Carriger Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Pages:  320 ISBN: 978-0316190084  Etiquette & Espionage Book Summary It’s one thing to learn to curtsy properly. It’s quite another to learn to curtsy and throw a knife at the same time. Welcome to Finishing School. Fourteen-year-old…

Title: Maggie’s Chopsticks Author: Alan Woo Illustrator: Isabelle Malefant ISBN: 9781554536191 Synopsis: (Taken from GoodReads.com)Poor Maggie struggles to master her chopsticks — it seems nearly everyone around the dinner table has something to say about the “right” way to hold them! But when Father reminds her not to worry about everyone else,…

Title: Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles #2) Author: Marissa Meyer Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Pages: 464 ISBN: 978-0312642969 Scarlet Book Summary Cinder, the cyborg mechanic, returns in the second thrilling installment of the bestselling Lunar Chronicles. She’s trying to break out of prison–even though if she succeeds, she’ll be the…