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When Miu Miu turns fifteen, she learns the truth about her father's violent death and discovers that she must avenge his murder before she can marry the man to whom she is betrothed. Based on a story told to the author by a former prisoner during China's Cultural Revolution.
Reviewed by: caroll
Date read: 2/12/2010
ISBN-10: 0061447587
ISBN-13: 9780061447587
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Sent by his father on a five-day wilderness hike in the rugged New Zealand Mountains, Rob, and five other, less-experienced teenagers, must go it alone when their leader suddenly dies.
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 3/25/2009
ISBN-10: 0525457631
Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread
Kate Dicamillo (2003), 272 pages
Illustrated by Timothy B. Ering
Audience: 3rd Grade - 6th Grade
This is the tale of a mouse who must save a human princess. Despereaux has done the unspeakable. He has spoken to humans and he even claims to be in love with the Princess Pea. For this, the High Mouse Council sentences him to be thrown into the dungeon where the rats will surely kill him. Despereaux, though, escapes the dungeon only to find that his precious princess has been kidnapped by a wicked rat and a poor dimwitted serving girl. Despereaux must go back to the dungeon, this time by his own choice, in order to save the princess he loves. This Newbery winner is a tale of romance, adventure, chivalry and . . . soup.
Awards won: John Newbery Medal
Reviewed by: caroll
Date read: 12/29/2010
ISBN-10: 0763617229
ISBN-13: 9780763617226
Theodosia and the Eyes of Horus
R. L. LaFevers (2010), 384 pages
Illustrated by Yoko Tanaka
Audience: 4th Grade - 7th Grade
Theodosia's adventures continue to revolve around ancient artifacts at the Museum of Legends and Antiquities. Who would have guessed that going to a magic show with her friend Sticky Will would lead to extraordinary events involving an emerald tablet, secrets about her birth place, a funeral, and the very interesting Great Awi Bubu? And how does Clive Fagenbush fit into all of this? The first book in the series is Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos followed by Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris and then this one.
Reviewed by: adf
Date read: 1/6/2011
ISBN-10: 054722592X
ISBN-13: 9780547225920
Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos
R. L. LaFevers (2007), 343 pages
Audience: 4th Grade - 7th Grade
Tombs. Mummies. Curses. Secret Societies. Mystery. Theodosia Throckmornton knows a lot about ancient Egypt and that is a good thing given all the peculiar happenings that come her way. Her mother is an archaeologist, her father is the head curator of the Museum of Legends and Antiquities in London, and her brother, well, he's younger and that is enough said about that. So, as you would expect, Theo spends plenty of time at the museum and it is her ability to feel and see ancient curses that are attached to artifacts that causes all the trouble. The legendary Heart of Egypt amulet is the most cursed artifact Theo has ever encountered. From the moment it comes to the museum, Theo's life is changed and if she does not find a way to return the amulet to Egypt, the British Empire will crumble. Theo's dangerous quest will have you on the edge of your seat.
This is the first book in the series followed by Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris and Theodosia and the Eyes of Horus.
Reviewed by: adf
Date read: 1/7/2011
ISBN-10: 0618756388
ISBN-13: 9780618756384
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