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Review: The Pledge by Kimberly Derting

Posted by on January 18, 2012 at 5:22 am
  Title: The Pledge Author: Kimberly Derting Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books ISBN: 978-1442422018   May Contain Spoilers From Amazon: In the violent country of Ludania, the language you speak determines what class you are, and there are harsh punishments if you forget your place—looking a member of a higher class in the eye can [...]

Review: Cleopatra Confesses by Carolyn Meyer

Posted by on June 8, 2011 at 5:28 am
    Title: Cleopatra Confesses Author: Carolyn Meyer Publisher: Simon & Schuster ISBN: 978-1416987277   May Contain Spoilers From Amazon: It is the first century B.C. Cleopatra, the third of the pharaoh’s six children, is the one that her father has chosen to be the next queen of Egypt. But when King Ptolemy is forced [...]

Picture Book Review: Say Hello to Zorro! by Carter Goodrich

Posted by on May 21, 2011 at 6:40 am
    Title: Say Hello to Zorro! Author: Carter Goodrich Publisher: Simon & Schuster ISBN: 978-1416938934 I first saw the cover for this book in a Simon and Schuster catalog and my cute-o-meter started blaring very loudly in my head.  Examining the two dogs, I wondered what the book was about.  Look at the expressions [...]