A mysterious package arrives on Clay Jensen’s front porch. Within it he finds cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker. Hannah was Clay’s classmate, co-worker and crush. That is until she committed suicide two weeks ago. Clay finds a cassette player and listens in anguish as Hannah’s voice tells him that there are thirteen reasons why [...]
Entries from January 20th, 2012
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
January 20th, 2012 · No Comments · Realistic Fiction, Young Adult
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Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld
January 1st, 2012 · No Comments · Science Fiction
Behemoth is a sequel to Westerfeld’s Levithan. Rescued by the crew of the Leviathan, Alek and his men save the floating air ship from an attack by Clanker ships. Ships that have a Tesla cannon as a weapon! However, the captain of the Levithan feels that the order to turn the airship out of way of [...]
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The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
January 1st, 2012 · No Comments · Animal
The Underneath is a magical story set deep in the Bayou Tartine that twists the story of a calico cat and Ranger, a bloodhound, with the Native American legend of Grandmother Moccasin and the Alligator King. Ranger, alone and sad, is chained to Gar Face’s porch. Gar Face, a hard cruel man, is disgusted with Ranger, no longer uses [...]
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The Land of Silver Apples by Nancy Farmer
January 1st, 2012 · No Comments · Fantasy
The Land of Silver Apples is Farmer’s sequel to The Sea of Trolls. Back from his adventure with the Vikings, Jack is continuing his training as a bard. Lucy is even more spoiled by their father, and nearly brings the whole village bad luck during the Need-Fire ceremony by wearing a metal necklace. At the [...]
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