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The Arctic Incident Artemis Fowl #2 by Eoin Colfer Reading level: Ages 9 and up Hardcover: 277 pages Publisher: Disney-Hyperion (May 6, 2002) Buy the Book: Amazon Artemis is at boarding school in Ireland when he suddenly receives an urgent video e-mail from Russia. In it is a plea from his father, who has been kidnapped by the Russian Mafiya. As Artemis rushes to his rescue, he is stopped by Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police. But this time, instead of battling the fairies, he is going to have to join forces with them if he wants to save one of the few people in the world he loves. Favorite Character and why? My favorite character is Artemis Fowl ||. It's not because he's the main character, I avoid liking people because they're the main character, it's because he's a genius, he's super cute, and he just screams awesomeness. Characters? All the characters where so different you would have thought different people had made them. L...

Reading level: Ages 14 and up Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Amulet Books (January 1, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 1419704281 ISBN-13: 978-1419704284 Buy the book: Amazon Visit the site: A.G. Howard Follow Anita on Twitter Go check out the fabulous giveway of Splintered!  This stunning debut captures the grotesque madness of a mystical under-land, as well as a girl’s pangs of first love and independence. Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers—precisely the affliction that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before. This family curse stretches back to her ancestor Alice Liddell, the real-life inspiration for Lewis Carroll’s  Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland . Alyssa might be crazy, but she manages to keep it together. For now. When her mother’s mental health takes a turn for the worse, Alyssa learns that what she thought was fiction is based in terrifying reality. The real Wonderland is a place far dar...

When we were asked to be a part of this tour, my daughter, Reagan, jumped at the chance.  She absolutely adored this book, (and refused to read anything else for days afterwards), and wanted to let the world know.  She started with her brother, who is now reading it, and loving it as well (in fact, they may have had a little tug-of-war fight over it at one point....no worries, we now have two copies).  So, check out Reagan's review below, then enter to win Shannon's YA book, Let the Sky Fall, below! Hardcover: 496 pages Publisher: Aladdin (October 2, 2012) Buy The Book: Amazon Twelve-year-old Sophie has never quite fit into her life. She’s skipped multiple grades and doesn’t really connect with the older kids at school, but she’s not comfortable with her family, either. And Sophie has a secret—she’s a Telepath, someone who can read minds. But the day Sophie meets Fitz, a mysterious (and adorable) boy, she learns she’s not alone. He’s a Telepath too, and it tu...