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Book Review: ‘The Last Firefox’ by Lee Newbery

Charlie is just a normal kid growing up in Wales. And like all kids, he has a few problems. There are a couple of bullies that won’t leave him alone, there’s a killer goose that keeps chasing him, and his parents want to adopt a new little brother or sister. It’s a lot for one kid to deal with. Then something

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Book Review: ‘The Bitter Crown’ by Justin Lee Anderson

An entire kingdom has been stolen without anyone even knowing. How? Because the one who stole it has memory magic. “King” Janaeus used a powerful magical relic to amplify his power and change the memories of the entire kingdom all at once. Now they all think he is the king and that the rightful king, Mynygogg is trying to steal the

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Book Review: ‘Shield Maiden’ by Sharon Emmerichs

We’ve all heard of “Beowulf.” Some of us may even remember Grendel or his much scarier mother. While Beowulf is considered one of the first heroes, most people don’t realize that we don’t even know his whole story. Everything we know of Beowulf comes from a few small scraps of his story that have been found. Most of his tale is

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Wonka Book Review: Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

What kid wouldn’t love to visit a chocolate factory? Especially one as fantastic as Willy Wonka’s eccentric factory? But be careful what you wish for because things aren’t always what they seem. What starts as a benign tour of a candy factory quickly starts to look like something else. Kids are dropping like flies, and it’s not quite clear if they’ll

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Book Review: ‘Iron Flame’ by Rebecca Yarros

Last November Rebecca Yarros introduced us to Violet Sorrengail and the dragons of Navarre with her hit novel Fourth Wing. This November,  she takes us back there as Violet and Xaden try to manage having a real relationship while leading a revolution and finding a way to destroy the venin that are coming to destroy everyone. All that and a teenage

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Book Review: ‘Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief’

Do you remember that feeling when you watched a movie that you really liked, and later you found out it was based on a really popular book? That’s what happened to me after I watched Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. After taking a long time to find time to get myself into this universe and read books, the

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‘World of Warcraft’ Book Review: ‘War of the Scaleborn’ by Courtney Alameda

Once dragons dominated the planet of Azeroth. It was a wild, untamed land of natural beauty and danger. But then the Titans came and offered magic to the dragons. In return, the dragons would have to swear oaths to work with the Titans to protect Azeroth. Some of the dragons accepted this offer and became known as “Ordered” dragons, others scorned

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Book Review: ‘The Princess of Thornwood Drive’ by Khalia Moreau

Fantasy and reality come together in a unique and exciting way in Khalia Moreau’s The Princess of Thornwood Drive. A year ago Laine Highland’s world turned upside down. Her parents were killed in a car crash that also left her younger sister, Alyssa in a vegetative state. Laine blames herself for the accident and quits school to come home and take

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Book Review: Tonight, I Burn by Katharine J. Adams

Night after night the members of the Thorn Coven burn in order to patrol the veil between Death and Life. It is their job to make sure that the veil remains intact and nothing escapes Death. Now Penny is old enough to join her fellow witches and walk in Death. But in Death, Penny finds things that simply shouldn’t exist. And

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Book Review: A Twisted Tale Anthology Edited by Elizabeth Lim

The classic Disney tales. We all know them. Most of us can even quote them. Some of us even know them word for word. They are comforting stories that we can return to again and again whenever we need a little pick me up. But sometimes tried-and-true becomes old and boring. When this happens it’s an author’s responsibility to step in

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Book Review: ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Chalice of the Gods’ by Rick Riordan

Man, the stress of senior year. Passing classes, filling out college applications, and of course getting those letters of recommendation. It’s bad enough for mortals, but for Percy Jackson, it’s a whole other level. Percy is hoping to attend New Rome University with his girlfriend Annabeth Chase. The only problem is that he spent most of his junior year with amnesia

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Book Review: ‘The Wheel of Time: The Great Hunt’ by Robert Jordan

In the first Wheel of Time book, The Eye of the World, five young adults set out from a tiny village with thoughts of adventure dancing in their heads. They quickly find out that real adventures are a lot less glamorous than the songs that are sung about them. Real adventures are cold, messy, boring, and terrifying all at the same

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