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Alice In The Country Of Hearts Vol. 1 by Quin Rose & Soumei Hoshino

Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Yen Press (June 26, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 0316212695 ISBN-13: 978-0316212694 Buy The Book: Amazon Kidnapped by a handsome man with rabbit ears, Alice Liddell finds herself abandoned in an odd place called Wonderland and thrust into a "game," the rules of which she has yet to learn. Alice, ever the plucky tomboy, sets off to explore and get the lay of this strange land, intent on finding her rude kidnapper and giving him a piece of her mind (and her fist). But little does she know that she's wandered right into the middle of a dangerous power struggle involving just about all of Wonderland's attractive, weapon-happy denizens. And the only way for Alice to return home is to get acquainted with the lot of them?! How in the world will she manage that and still manage to stay alive?! Heyyo!  Soumei Hoshino isn't really an author, just the illustrator. Also, this book is a manga, and it is read "backwa...

Read Storybound by Marissa Burt for Free the whole month of April!

CLICK HERE to read STORYBOUND by Marissa Burt. This is the   Harper Collins  Middle Grade Book of the Month! For the month of April, you can read 100% of STORYBOUND for free online. Click here , if you want to see why our Reading Tween reviewer Faith gave  STORYBOUND five golden crowns!

Recent Reviews on Reading Tween

You may or may not know that our younger children have a blog called Reading Tween .  We thought we'd share with you a few of their recent reviews.  Reading Tween reviews books from Elementary age to some Young Adult.  If you have a children those ages, be sure to stop by and see what they recommend! Reading level: Ages 9 and up Hardcover: 608 pages Publisher: Scholastic Press; 1 edition (September 13, 2011) Buy The Book: Amazon Two stories, set fifty years apart; interwoven. One told through pictures and the other told through words. The first story is of Ben, a young boy in the 1977 who just lost his mother and sets out to look for his father. The second story follows Rose, a young girl from 1927's New Jersey who sets out to look for her idol, a movie star. Both children's search take them to New York City. Both children - deaf - are struggling to find what they are looking for in a world where hearing is normal and sometimes taken for granted. In a sense, ...

The Faerie Ring by Kiki Hamilton

Reading level : Young Adult Hardcover : 352 pages Publisher : Tor Teen; First Edition edition (September 27, 2011) Buy the Book : Amazon Our Interview with Kiki Hamilton Debut novelist Kiki Hamilton takes readers from the gritty slums and glittering ballrooms of Victorian London to the beguiling but menacing Otherworld of the Fey in this spellbinding tale of romance, suspense, and danger. The year is 1871, and Tiki has been making a home for herself and her family of orphans in a deserted hideaway adjoining Charing Cross Station in central London. Their only means of survival is by picking pockets. One December night, Tiki steals a ring, and sets off a chain of events that could lead to all-out war with the Fey. For the ring belongs to Queen Victoria, and it binds the rulers of England and the realm of Faerie to peace. With the ring missing, a rebel group of faeries hopes to break the treaty with dark magic and blood—Tiki’s blood. Unbeknownst to Tiki, she is being watched—a...