Sweethearts18 reviews Sara Zarr Little, Brown Young Readers, 2008 An Unfinished Love + i didnt know it was going to be this good...and sad + Enchanting YA Review: Sweethearts + One of the Most Beautiful Stories Ever Written + Leaves it's mark in your heart             Melting Stones16 reviews Tamora Pierce Full Cast Audio, 2007 An enjoyable venture into the realization that we must work with nature in order to enjoy living with it Author Tamora Pierce is notable for stretching the possibility of just about everything while serving up a great adventure at the same time. She does not disappoint with her new title, MELTING STONES, where the experiences of 14-year-old Evvy, stone-mage-in-training, attempt to teach her to trust ...             Big Boned (Heather Wells Mysteries)26 reviews Meg Cabot Avon A, 2007 Meg Cabot's WOnderful End To A Great Series + Is Big Boned The End + Another entertaining Wells novel! This is a great ending to the Heather Wells series. I have been a fan of the series forever and was hooked on the books when I read the first chapter of the first book. Some people may say that Meg Cabot is the typical chick-lit writer and she is, but in a good way. Chick-lit isnt a bad thing, not ...             Book of a Thousand Days56 reviews Shannon Hale Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, 2007 Maid Maleen thrown on its head in this haunting twist + Simple read I was a little displeased with Hale's "Enna Burning." I'm happy to say this made up for it. Hale takes the fairy tale of Maid Maleen and sets it Mongolia--with the tale's ignored maid as our main character and heroine. The story is told via Dashti's journal, an account of she and her lady's ...             Wake41 reviews Lisa McMann Simon Pulse, 2008 Short, but sweet + Fast Read, Little Development + not what i expected... + Great New Paranormal + Wake             The Rogues (Stuart Quartet) Jane Yolen, Robert Harris Philomel, 2007 When everyone in his Scottish village is violently evicted from their land by the laird, Roddy Macallan knows he must find a way to fight back. As his family escapes, making their way through the Scottish Highlands bound for Glasgow, Roddy sneaks home in search of a treasure his mother once told him was hidden there. But the search becomes more than that when Roddy teams up with a Robin Hood–like ...             Hush: An Irish Princess' Tale13 reviews Donna Jo Napoli Atheneum, 2007 Mesmerizing! + Hush: An Irish Princess Tale by Donna Jo Napoli + SLJ Starred review This book is so not Disney! Find a quiet place and travel with Melkorka, medieval Irish princess who, while in disguise and fleeing from possible tyranny in her father's kingdom, is captured by barbaric seafaring slave traders. Ripped from the priviliged life she has only known, beautiful ...             Inside Straight (Wild Cards Novel)10 reviews George R.R. Martin Tor Books, 2008 Sophisticated, realistic superhero story + Well written and entertaining, if sometimes implausible + Super Reader I'm a long time fan of the Wild Cards series, and I loved this book, but it also can be enjoyed by newcomers the series, as it makes a pretty good entry point. Though the book is technically a collection of short stories by several writers, "Inside Straight" feels much more like a true novel ...             Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel (Artemis Fowl)10 reviews Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin Hyperion Book CH, 2007 Artemis Fowl - Graphic Novel + Pretty Good Graphic Novel + Best illustrated novel .. this is a well laid out graphic novel.. This is not a new book but merely a graphical representation of the series book 1. The background depictions of some of the scenarios are really extensive and detail oriented. If one is not familiar with this series then this is a great place to start.             Dragonhaven46 reviews Robin McKinley Putnam Juvenile, 2007 Dragonhaven + Angieville: DRAGONHAVEN + Give it a Chance! I enjoyed the story very much as it revealed the boy growing in awareness regarding his world and his response to it as effected by his mothers death. The dragons are not overwhelming but are still much in tune with the growing problems they presented. All in all a nice story but it did ramble on ...             Slam35 reviews Nick Hornby Putnam Juvenile, 2007 Hornby's still got it + For adults too + Courtesy of Teens Read Too + The Compulsive Reader's Reviews             Space Boy7 reviews Orson Scott Card Subterranean Press, 2007 good SF intro for kids + Interesting Story, Poor Character Development + Intelligent, family friendly Sci-fi adventure It is short. It has pictures. It's a good gift for an 8 - 12 year old boy. It's the kind of book that could start a lifelong interest in reading. It's not badly written either.             Extras (The Uglies)53 reviews Scott Westerfeld Simon Pulse, 2007 Extra Good + Different Place, Different Time, Still Great Pros: An original, believable concept, great characters. Cons: Ending is a bit of a let down. I was a bit reluctant to read this book, as I thought that Westerfield's last attempt, Specials, was the weakest in the series. Nevertheless, I am a fan of the series in general and when I saw this ...             You Know Where to Find Me9 reviews Rachel Cohn Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2008 Hauntingly beautiful and grittily real + PSST: Check the treehouse! Rachel Cohn has been lauded by young readers and critics alike for her popular books like GINGERBREAD and (with David Levithan) NICK & NORA'S INFINITE PLAYLIST. In titles like these, she gains teens' respect by writing honestly and openly about difficult subjects, even within the context of ...             Kitty and the Silver Bullet (Kitty Norville, Book 4)38 reviews Carrie Vaughn Grand Central Publishing, 2008 Fun and Fast Paced + An exciting find + 4.5 Stars - Good Book + The Reluctant Alpha + wonderful!             The Daring Book for Girls145 reviews Andrea J. Buchanan, Miriam Peskowitz Collins, 2007 Daring Book for Girls + My g'daughter loves it! + Great book I purchased the "Daring Book for Girls" for my daughter. She loves looking at all the interesting things to do. She takes it to school and talks about geography or whatever else pertains to what they are studying.             Remember Me?199 reviews Sophie Kinsella The Dial Press, 2008 First Time Kinsella Reader + Not What I Was Expecting + I was very pleased with this book This was my first Sophie Kinsella book and it won't be my last. The story was well written and kept me turning the pages even while stopped in traffic. Really enjoyed the situation the heroine found herself in.             The Sweet Far Thing (The Gemma Doyle Trilogy)123 reviews Libba Bray Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2007 Perfect Ending + Interesting conclusion to a fascinating trilogy. + A Great and Sad Beauty I love this series and the last book is no exception. It is quite long but I was glad for the extra pages as I wanted to spend as much time as possible in this fictitious world. I am a sucker for happy endings so I was upset to hear that perhaps this wasn't going to be a fairy tale ending. I ...             Iron Kissed (Mercy Thompson, Book 3)159 reviews Patricia Briggs Ace, 2008 Better than the last + Angieville: IRON KISSED + Hooked on Mercy + Such a great book             Airman20 reviews Eoin Colfer Hyperion Book CH, 2008 A modern rework of The Count of Monte Cristo, for the young adult + Will there be a follow-up to AIRMAN? We can only hope so. + Grand, high adventure from an author who gets better with each new book + The Airman + As Colfer said, he has "kicked it up a notch."