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The Diamond of Darkhold (Ember #4) by Jeanne DuPrau
RatingCharacters: 18/20Plot: 19/20Originality: 19/20Writing: 19/19Reccomendation: 20/20Overall: 95/100 or ASource: Borrowed from Grandma Summary: It’s been several months since Lina and Doon escaped the dying city of Ember and, along with the rest of their people, joined the town of Sparks. Lina knows they are lucky to be there, but life aboveground is hard. Instead of…
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The Prophet of Yonwood (Ember #3) by Jeanne DuPrau
Rating:Characters: 19/20Plot: 20/20Originality: 19/20Writing: 18/20Reccomendation: 20/20Overall: 96/100 or ASource: Borrowed from Grandma Summary: War looms on the horizon as eleven-year-old Nickie and her aunt travel to the small town of Yonwood, North Carolina. There, one of the town’s respected citizens has had a terrible vision of fire and destruction. As the people of Yonwood scramble…
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The People of Sparks (Ember #2) by Jeanne DuPrau
Rating:Characters: 18/20Plot: 20/20Originality: 19/20Writing: 18/20Recommendation: 20/20Overall: 95/100 or ASource: Borrowed from Grandma Summary: When Lina and Doon lead their people up from the underground city of Ember, they discover a surface world of color and life. The people of a small village called Sparks agree to help the Emberites, but the villagers have never had…
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The City of Ember (Ember #1) by Jeanne DuPrau
Rating:Characters: 18/20Plot: 20/20Originality: 19/20Writing: 18/20Recommendation: 20/20Overall: 95/100 or ASource: Borrowed from Mom Summary: Lina Mayfleet desperately wants to be a messenger. Instead, she draws the dreaded job of Pipeworks laborer, which means she’ll be working in damp tunnels deep underground.Doon Harrow draws messenger–and asks Lina to trade! Doon wants to be underground. That’s where the…
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The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott
Rating:Characters: 17/20Plot: 18/20Originality: 18/20Writing: 18/20Recomendaton: 19/20Overall: 90/100 or A-Source: LibrarySummary- The truth: Nicholas Flamel was born in Paris on September 28, 1330. Nearly seven hundred years later, he is acknowledged as the greatest Alchemyst of his day. It is said that he discovered the secret of eternal life.The records show that he died in 1418.But…
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Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman
Rating:Characters: 20/20Plot: 20/20Originality: 19/20Writing: 19/20Recomendation: 20/20Overall: 98/100 or A+Source: LibrarySummary- Twelve-year old Eon has been in training for years. His intensive study of Dragon Magic, based on East Asian astrology, involves two kinds of skills: sword-work and magical aptitude. He and his master hope that he will be chosen as a Dragoneye–an apprentice to one…
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Beyonders: A World Without Heroes by Brandon Mull
Rating:Characters: 17/20Plot: 19/20Originality: 18/20Writing: 19/20Recomendation: 20/20Overall: 93/100 or A-Source: Library Summary: Jason Walker has often wished his life could be a bit less predictable–until a routine day at the zoo ends with Jason transporting from the hippo tank into a strange, imperiled world.Lyrian is full of dangers and challenges unlike any place Jason has ever…
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Abarat by Clive Barker
Rating:Characters: 20/20Plot: 19/20Originality: 20/20Writing: 20/20Recommendation: 20/20Overall: 99/100 or A+Source: Library Summary: Once upon a world, where time is place, a journey beyond imagination is about to unfold. . . . It begins in the most boring place in the world: Chickentown, U.S.A. There lives Candy Quackenbush, her heart bursting for some clue as to what…
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Fablehaven: Keys to the Demon Prison by Brandon Mull
Rating: Characters: 19/19 Plot: 20/20 Originality: 19/19 Writing: 18/20 Recommendation: 20/20 Overall: 96/100 or A Source: Library Summary: After many centuries of plotting, the Sphinx–leader of the Society of the Evening Star– is after the final artifacts needed to open the great demon prison, Zzyxx. Kendra, Seth, and the Knights of the Dawn are in a…
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Fablehaven: Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary by Brandon Mull
Rating: Characters: 20/20 Plot: 19/20 Originality: 19/20 Writing: 19/20 Recommendation: 19/20 Overall: 96/100 or A Source: Library Summary: Brace yourself for a shocking secret. Two hidden artifacts have been found. Three more remain unrecovered. More preserves face destruction as the Society of the Evening Star relentlessly pursues new talismans. Reading in Patton’s Journal of Secrets,…
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Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague by Brandon Mull
Rating: Characters: 18/20 Plot: 19/20 Originality: 20/20 Writing: 19/20 Recommendation: 19/20 Overall: 95/100 or A Source: Library Summary: Picking up where the last novel left off, Kendra and Seth are still at Fablehaven with their grandparents. Suspicions have been cast on the Sphinx and his loyalties. Kendra has been recruited as a Knight, and the family…
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Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star by Brandon Mull
Rating: Characters: 18/20 Plot: 19/20 Originality: 20/20 Writing:18/20 Recommendation: 19/2 Overall: 94/100 or A Source: Library Summary: At the end of the school year, Kendra and her brother, Seth, find themselves racing back to Fablehaven. Grandpa Sorenson, the caretaker, invites three specialists — a potion master, a magical relics collector, and a mystical creature trapper…
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