Teenager Amy Lennox is spending her summer vacation on the Scottish island of Stormsay, where she meets her grandmother for the first time and learns she is a book jumper — someone who can “read” a book by physically being inside it. All they have to do is open a book and put it over their face. A book jumper’s sworn duty is to preserve literature, but someone has been jumping and stealing main ideas from the stories. It’s up to Amy and her friend Will Macalister to figure out who is committing the thefts, and how and why they are committed.
(more…)Author: Marialena Gallagher
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
A prequel to The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes chronicles Coriolanus Snow’s rise to power. It all starts with the tenth annual Hunger Games. Coriolanus and his classmates at the Academy in the Capitol have been assigned tributes from the districts of Panem to mentor in the Games. The Hunger Games were created after Panem’s — what used to be North America — civil war as a way to keep the 12 districts of the country in check and ensure that there wouldn’t be another rebellion. A girl and a boy are chosen from each of the districts to compete against each other in an arena. The last tribute standing wins the Games.
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Shipwreck Girl
Shipwreck Girl by Jacqueline E Smith tells the story of Juliette Havens, a ballerina who is forced to drop out of New York’s prestigious Pace University after a devastating knee injury. Eight months later, while back at home attending University of California Long Beach, she receives the opportunity to dance in local punk band Sacramento Reign’s music video. It’s an opportunity, that, if she takes it, could change her life forever.
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The Reviewing Fangirl 