Ten-year-old Gemma is an orphan and lives with her cruel aunt and merciless cousins in haunting Scotland in the 1960s. Tortured daily, Gemma is eventually sent to a boarding school where she works to maintain her status as a student, and is further bullied by working-students. She eventually finds a friend at Claypoole school, but…
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Review: Clockwork Prince
After the tumultuous events at the end of Clockwork Angel, Cassandra Clare’s Clockwork Prince picks up right after Nathaniel’s betrayal and Mortmain’s escape. Charlotte and Henry are on the verge of losing the Institute, and so Tessa, Will, and Jem, embark on a journey to try and find Mortmain, while discovering how many secrets lay hidden behind…
Review: Secrets of the Henna Girl
Sixteen-year-old Zeba Khan is waiting for her exam results to come, when her parents decide on a family vacation to their home country of Pakistan. Zeba considers herself British, and visiting her parents’ home country isn’t exactly on her top vacation picks. But to Pakistan she goes, to the blistering heat, where she finds out…
Review: The Alchemy of Forever
Growing up in the 1300s, Seraphina quickly falls in love with the alchemist’s son, Cyrus, who saves her life in the middle of a dark alley one night when ruffians try to attack her. The price? All of eternity. Cyrus injects her with an elixir, granting her the power to switch bodies when the body…
Review: 40 Things I Want To Tell You
In 40 Things I Want To Tell You, Bird (real name Amy) seems to have a perfect life, warm and caring parents, amazing grades at school, a loving boyfriend, and a bright future. Bird wants to go to Oxford, and she’s lined up her whole life so that she gets what she wants. In her spare…