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BJ Neary's Blog – July 2013 Archive (16)
Game by Barry Lyga
Game by Barry Lyga
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
OMG, I couldn't put down this 2nd installment from Barry Lyga's I Hunt Killers. Jasper and Connie go to New York where murders…
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily Danforth
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Cameron Post is a lesbian when…
Added by BJ Neary on July 26, 2013 at 9:44pm — No Comments
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Oh what a wonderful read, I am still smiling! Thanks to Mary Eileen for recommending this…
Added by BJ Neary on July 26, 2013 at 9:39pm — No Comments
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Thanks to Rory and the Goodreads…
Added by BJ Neary on July 26, 2013 at 9:31pm — No Comments
The False Prince by Jennifer Neilsen
The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is more middle school but oh is it GOOD! I think my high school boys…
Added by BJ Neary on July 26, 2013 at 9:30pm — No Comments
Drama by Raina Telgemeier
Drama by Raina Telgemeier
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Callie is the set designer in her middle school’s stage production of Moon Over Mississippi and with her can do…
Added by BJ Neary on July 26, 2013 at 9:27pm — No Comments
The Office of Mercy by Ariel Djanikian
The Office of Mercy by Ariel Djanikian
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Natasha has grown up in America-Five in a world that does not want anyone…
Added by BJ Neary on July 26, 2013 at 9:19pm — No Comments
Endangered by Eliot Schrefer
Endangered by Eliot Schrefer
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
American Sophie is visiting the Congo and her mother's Bonobo preserve when she rescues a terrified baby…
Added by BJ Neary on July 26, 2013 at 9:13pm — No Comments
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The classic tale of Cinderella takes a different twist with the protagonist, Cinder, as half robot and human in a…
Added by BJ Neary on July 26, 2013 at 9:09pm — No Comments
Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip by Jordan Sonneblick
Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip by Jordan Sonnenblick
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Jordan Sonneblick has done it again combining humor and heart break…
Added by BJ Neary on July 26, 2013 at 9:04pm — No Comments
Lincoln's Grave Robbers by Steve Sheinkin
Lincoln's Grave Robbers by Steve Sheinkin
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
The year is 1865 and counterfeiting is rampant. Master engraver…
Added by BJ Neary on July 26, 2013 at 8:56pm — No Comments
Kids of Kabul by Deborah Ellis
Kids of Kabul: Living Bravely Through a Never-Ending War by Deborah Ellis
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I have so enjoyed Deborah Ellis' fiction titles but…
Added by BJ Neary on July 24, 2013 at 5:56pm — No Comments
Tilt by Ellen Hopkins
Tilt by Ellen Hopkins
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The young teens in Hopkins’ novel, a companion to Triangles, make decisions for love that alter their lives. In this…
Added by BJ Neary on July 24, 2013 at 5:50pm — No Comments
We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March by Cynthia Levinson
We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March by Cynthia Levinson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Cynthia Levinson's book is just such an…
Added by BJ Neary on July 24, 2013 at 5:43pm — No Comments
Zom-B Underground by Darren Shan
Zom-B Underground by Darren Shan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
B has really redeemed herself in Zom B Underground. When she wakes up and realizes she is…
Girlchild by Tupelo Hassman
Girlchild by Tupelo Hassman
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I will admit that this was a very difficult book to wade through; Rory Hendrix’s life in a Reno trailer…
Added by BJ Neary on July 24, 2013 at 5:30pm — No Comments
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