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{Review} Cress By Marissa Meyer #CYBORGMONDAY

Age Range: 12 - 17 years Grade Level: 7 and up Series: Lunar Chronicles (Book 3) Hardcover: 560 pages Publisher: Feiwel & Friends (February 4, 2014) In this third book in the bestselling Lunar Chronicles series, Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they’re plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and prevent her army from invading Earth. Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl trapped on a satellite since childhood who’s only ever had her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker. Unfortunately, she’s being forced to work for Queen Levana, and she’s just received orders to track down Cinder and her handsome accomplice. When a daring rescue of Cress goes awry, the group is splintered. Cress finally has her freedom, but it comes at a higher price than she’d ever expected. Meanwhile, Queen Levana will let nothing prevent her marriage to Emperor Kai, especially the cyborg mechanic. Cres...

Quick-fire Review: United We Spy by Ally Carter Gallagher Girls #6

Age Range: 12 and up Series: Gallagher Girls Hardcover: 296 pages Publisher: Disney-Hyperion (September 17, 2013)Pre-Order The book: Amazon Cammie Morgan has lost her father and her memory, but in the heart-pounding conclusion to the best-selling Gallagher Girls series, she finds her greatest mission yet. Cammie and her friends finally know why the terrorist organization called the Circle of Cavan has been hunting her. Now the spy girls and Zach must track down the Circle's elite members to stop them before they implement a master plan that will change Cammie and her country-forever. Before I get started I want to talk a bit about the book, This book is about Cammie Morgan, she is slowly getting bits of her memory back and she doesn't like what's piecing together. The descendants of the original Inner Circle, who are in the Inner Circle themselves, are being hunted down and killed, by none other than Catherine, AKA Zach's mom. At a Glance: Even at a glan...

Quick-Fire Review: Of Poseidon by Anna Banks

Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Feiwel & Friends (May 22, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1250003326 ISBN-13: 978-1250003324 Buy the book on Amazon Galen, a Syrena prince, searches land for a girl he's heard can communicate with fish. It’s while Emma is on vacation at the beach that she meets Galen. Although their connection is immediate and powerful, Galen's not fully convinced that Emma's the one he's been looking for. That is, until a deadly encounter with a shark proves that Emma and her Gift may be the only thing that can save his kingdom. He needs her help--no matter what the risk. At a Glance: I was intrigued with this book. I had never read anything like it before. However, description captured my interest. Andye told me about this book, and I thought it sounded pretty great, so I decided to give it a try. It completely blew away all of my expectations. Action: Thought there wasn't much action in this book, there was never a du...

Austin's Favorites of 2012