Emily's Book World

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Each book in Angie Sage's Septimus Heap series gets better and better.   I love how in each book all of the seemingly different story l...

I love the way this story was told, the way it was presented using two different voices.  From the moment I began to read, I felt just lik...

With the BEM coming for him, Spencer is off to New Forest Academy for a week, accompanied by his endearing but gullible Toxite-fighting pa...

So I've been keeping track of how many books I read each month, but at the beginning of this year, I was curious to know how many pages ...

I didn’t get into this book right away, but I’m glad I stuck it out because I ended up really enjoying it.  It is set in the future, gener...

The Disney movie version of the story of Alice in Wonderland was never one of my favorites, and so it has taken me until now to read the o...

Thanks to my friend Sydney for introducing me to this enchanting book.  Using a character full of courage and spunk, Merrie Haskell weaves...

This book is about a twelve-year-old orphan named Hollis Woods who is known for running away from her foster homes.  Her one wish is to ha...

I loved it!  This sequel to Divergent lives up to expectations.  Picking up right where Divergent leaves off, this sequel is fast-paced an...

Inferno is about a 15-year-old boy named Caleb who finds out that he is a Dream Charmer – somebody with the ability to use their dreams to...

Well, I don’t know about anyone else, but I thought this latest installment in the Heroes of Olympus series was spectacular!  First off, P...

This first installment of a Japanese manga series is about a boy named Daisuke Niwa.   On his fourteenth birthday, not only is he rejected b...

My 10-year-old nephew Andrew got me started reading the 39 Clues series.  Each book in the series is written by a different author, although...

I was first introduced to this enchanting series a couple years ago by my niece Jordyn, who was reading them at the time.  The series follow...

Divergent is about a 16-year-old girl named Beatrice "Tris" Prior.  Taking place in post-apocalyptic Chicago, the city is divided...

Excellent cast!  I especially loved Woody Harrelson as Haymitch.  Stanley Tucci was excellent as Caesar Flickerman.  Great young cast as wel...

A science fiction twist on the Cinderella fairy tale.  In the future, over a hundred years after the Fourth World War, Cinder is a cyborg li...

Bibliography Katz, A. (2001). Take Me Out of the Bathtub and other silly dilly songs . (D. Catrow, Illus.). New York: Margaret K. McElder...

Bibliography Hale, S. and D. Hale.   (2008). Rapunzel’s Revenge .   (Illus., N. Hale). New York: Bloomsbury Summary Rapunzel believes s...

Biography Sis, P. (2007). The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain .  New York: Frances Foster Books. Summary Relying heavily on draw...

Biography Chandra, D. & M. Comora.   (2003). George Washington’s Teeth . (B. Cole, Illus.). New York: Farrar Straus Giroux Summary ...

Bibliography Holm, J. (2010). Turtle in Paradise .   New York: Random House Summary This story takes place in 1935 and follows a girl n...