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Silver In The Blood
Children's Book and Media Review
In 1890, cousins Dacia and Lou are darlings of New York society, but their world changes on a trip to Romania. Meeting their mother’s estranged relatives the girls uncover long held secrets about their families’ supernatural abilities. At the center of a prophecy that connects their family to the Dracula’s, the girls expose a plot designed to unseat the king and place their families on the throne. With little knowledge of the history that binds them, the girls must learn whom they can trust as they come to terms with their newly discovered powers. Supported by unexpected allies both inside …
The Pretty App
Children's Book and Media Review
Blake might be pretty, rich, and the Queen Bee of Harrison High, but she has her problems too, especially when a new app is announced that might change her life. The Pretty App is designed to find the prettiest teenage girl in the country. When Blake is chosen as a finalist, she is taken to a reality show where she will compete to be the prettiest of all. When it appears that her presence in the contest might only be to help her dad’s political campaign after he bought her way into it, Blake has to decide how badly she …
Peggle Blast
Children's Book and Media Review
Peggle Blast is a pinball-esque game. A player is given a certain amount of pinballs to accomplish a level. Each level contains a plethora of blue and orange pegs to bounce the pinball off. To pass most levels, the player must clear all the orange pegs off the board. Other levels require hatching phoenix eggs by hitting them 3 times with the pinball, or clearing the blue pegs to drop gems to the bottom of the board. To help clear the board, the player plays with a Peggle Master that has special abilities. The abilities are unlocked by hitting the …
Nuts In Space
Children's Book and Media Review
Commander Moose and his crew have searched the galaxy for the Lost Nuts of Legend. This magic snack will make whoever possesses it immortal, invincible, and never have a bedtime... as long as the nuts are not eaten. Now that they have found the nuts and have run out of food, it is time for them to go home. Unfortunately, the Star Nav stops working and the lost crew has to ask directions at a café, avoid getting eaten by the unbearably cute creatures of the forest planet, and escape after they make the wrong decision to ask for directions …
Mila 2.0
Children's Book and Media Review
MILA 2.0 begins as a story of a seemingly typical 16-year-old girl named Mila. She struggles with the recent death of her father, deals with high school drama, and quickly falls for a new boy in town named Hunter. However, she soon discovers that she is actually a recently-created robot designed by the government for espionage purposes, and her “mom” is actually one of her designers who broke her out of the government facility because she recognized the uniquely human qualities in Mila. While trying to escape together to a foreign county, Mila and her mom outrun one group of …
Inside Out
Children's Book and Media Review
Through her eleven years of life, Riley’s emotions have always been there to protect her. When Riley and her parents move from Minnesota to San Francisco Joy, Anger, Fear, Disgust, and Sadness are there to help the move go as smoothly as possible, although Joy thinks they could do without Sadness. When Riley’s core memories are accidentally knocked out of place, Sadness and Joy are sucked out of Headquarters and are stuck in Riley’s long-term memory. Without her core memories to help guide her, the stress of moving across the country starts to change Riley. Joy is determined to get …
Icivics
Children's Book and Media Review
If a kid wants to run for president, become a lawyer, control the Federal budget, or just learn more about civics, iCivics will allow them to do those things and more. It has civics-related games that can be played without registering, but creating an account allows users to earn achievements, dress up their avatar, and earn impact points to make a real difference in the world. iCivics users can earn impact points through playing games and then donate them to their favorite causes. At the end of the competition, the cause with the most points get $1000 for their project. …
The Silver Trilogy #1: Dream A Little Dream
The Silver Trilogy #1: Dream A Little Dream
Children's Book and Media Review
Liv has spent most of her fifteen years moving, and it’s her fervent hope that a move to London will give her an ideal home. When she steps off the plane, her plans are dashed when she finds that her mother has met a man and Liv and her sister will be welcoming a new stepbrother and sister. Things get even weirder when Liv meets her new stepbrother and his buddies in a dream doing a dark ritual in a graveyard. Soon the lines between her real and dream worlds start to mesh as Liv finds out the boys have …
Circus Mirandus
Children's Book and Media Review
When Micah’s grandfather gets sick, he writes a letter asking for a miracle that he had been promised when he was a little boy. Grandpa Ephraim always told Micah stories about the magical Circus Mirandus and how the Lightbender offered him a miracle. When it appears that Grandpa Ephraim might not live for much longer, Micah decides to seek out the circus himself to make sure that Grandpa Ephraim gets his miracle. With his doubting friend, Jenny, he finds the Lightbender and asks for the miracle that he wants: Grandpa Ephraim’s recover. Grandpa Ephraim had something else in mind, however. …
Adventures With Waffles
Children's Book and Media Review
Lena is Trille's best friend. Despite not knowing if he is Lena’s best friend, the two neighbors cause all sorts of chaos in their small town. From making a rope bridge between their houses to using Uncle Tor's fishing boat to recreate Noah's Ark, it isn't a normal day in Mathildewick Cove without Trille and Lena getting into some sort of trouble. Luckily for them, there's no amount of trouble Auntie Granny's waffles can't fix. Trille is devastated when he finds out Lena and her mom are moving across the fjord. When Lena runs away from her mom and back …
Phineas And Ferb: The Klimpaloon Ultimatum
Phineas And Ferb: The Klimpaloon Ultimatum
Children's Book and Media Review
In “The Klimpaloon Ultimatum”, Phineas and Ferb have to help the band Love Händel compete in the 24 Hour Danville Music Awards by finding Klimpaloon (a magical vintage bathing suit that lives in the Himalayas) because they cannot perform their song about him if Klimpaloon is not real. Phineas, Ferb, and their friends go to the Himalayas to find Klimpaloon and bring him to the award show, but first they will have to rescue him from someone who wants to use him for business purposes. Meanwhile, Doofenshmirtz wants to turn his brother Roger into a warthog because at one point …
Tallulah's Tap Shoes
Children's Book and Media Review
Tallulah is excited to go to dance camp and take ballet classes. She's less excited about having to take tap classes. Tallulah has been taking ballet classes for a long time and is one of the best in the class. The teacher praises her technique. But in tap class she receives several corrections from the teacher. Tallulah feels she's the worst student in tap class. Eventually Tallulah realizes that being corrected by the teacher doesn't mean she's the worst student in the class. She begins to understand that if she keeps practicing she'll get better. Tallulah looks forward to being …
Sparky
Children's Book and Media Review
When the little girl’s mother says that she can only have a pet that doesn’t need to be walked, bathed, or fed, the little girl discovers that a sloth would be the perfect friend to have. A bird or a trained seal would take too much work, but her librarian helps her learn that sloths sleep most of the time and rarely eat, so she orders her new pet. She plays games with her new pet, Sparky, with various success. When her friend Mary comes over to see Sparky, she starts to feel like maybe Sparky isn’t good enough so …
Pottermore
Children's Book and Media Review
Pottermore is a unique website that gives readers a chance to explore the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling in a way that hasn't been done before. Users can use it as they read the books or play separately to immerse themselves in the world of Harry Potter. Each book has several “moments” with an excerpt from the book, illustrations, animation, and sound. Users can collect items such as potion ingredients and Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans, brew potions, and duel others to earn house points. In the moments, users can unlock new content from J.K. Rowling to learn more …
Pinkalicious: The Musical
Children's Book and Media Review
Closely following the plot of the children’s book by the same name, a young girl named Pinkalicious eats too many pink cupcakes and turns pink. Since she adores pink, Pinkalicious is thrilled with the situation until bees start mistaking her for flowers and she begins to turn red instead of pink. The doctor orders a diet of green vegetables which Pinkalicious resists at first but eventually embraces. Along the way her brother becomes brave enough to declare his love of pink and her parents learn the value of fun.
Icefall
Children's Book and Media Review
Solveig and her royal siblings, Harald and Asa, are stranded. They must live out the winter in an old hall hidden away on a frozen fjord. While their father is off to war, he has ordered his family to stay at the hall under a royal guard. He promised his children and men that he would send supplies and eventually a boat to bring them back home. But as the winter months draw out and their supplies run low, mysterious deaths start to occur. Solveig can tell that these deaths are no accidents. There are traitors among their small party. …
Frozen Free Fall
Children's Book and Media Review
Frozen Free Fall is a classic match three game spin-off, but it offers many variations in the world of Frozen to keep users entertained. The game has several challenges, including reaching a target score, timed challenges, eliminating a set number of tiles of a certain color, and dropping special items to the bottom, among others. Charms or power-ups are created by matching more than three titles. These charms can be combined to get rid of even more tiles. Special tiles are sometimes added to make the levels more complex or to provide additional level goals. Each level also has a …
Cinderella
Children's Book and Media Review
Ella, the daughter of a successful merchant and his wife, is taught from a young age to "have courage and be kind," and this will bring magic into her life. Years after his wife’s death, Ella's father remarries Lady Tremaine, who has two daughters of her own. When Ella's father dies unexpectedly while traveling, Lady Tremaine cruelly forces Ella to take over all the household chores and begins to call her Cinderella. Ella decides to run away, but a chance meeting with the prince in the forest reminds her to have courage and be kind. Ella’s kindness eventually brings magic …
Undertow
Children's Book and Media Review
Three years ago, an aquatic race called the Alphas came to the beach at Coney Island and set up camp, forever changing the world for the people who lived there. Many humans want to do whatever it takes to get rid of the Alphas. Lyric Walker’s mother was one of the original Alphas sent to integrate with and spy on the humans. If anyone finds out who she is, her family could lose their lives or disappear along with the other original Alphas. When a law is passed that requires Alpha students to attend human school, violence and tension escalate. …
Sinbad: The Untold Tale By Charles Way, Rebeca Diane Wallin
Sinbad: The Untold Tale By Charles Way, Rebeca Diane Wallin
Children's Book and Media Review
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Big Sister, Little Brother By Mike Kenny, Rebeca Diane Wallin
Big Sister, Little Brother By Mike Kenny, Rebeca Diane Wallin
Children's Book and Media Review
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Sabriel By Garth Nix, Lauren Everett Johnson
Sabriel By Garth Nix, Lauren Everett Johnson
Children's Book and Media Review
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Outside Your Window: A First Book Of Nature By Nicola Davies, Dana Christine Staples
Outside Your Window: A First Book Of Nature By Nicola Davies, Dana Christine Staples
Children's Book and Media Review
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The Museum By Susan Verde, Diana Harter
The Museum By Susan Verde, Diana Harter
Children's Book and Media Review
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The Mighty Miss Malone By Christopher Paul Curtis, Lauren Kristele Mcmullan
The Mighty Miss Malone By Christopher Paul Curtis, Lauren Kristele Mcmullan
Children's Book and Media Review
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Lauren Conrad Beauty By Lauren Conrad And Elise Loehnen, Diana Harter
Lauren Conrad Beauty By Lauren Conrad And Elise Loehnen, Diana Harter
Children's Book and Media Review
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The Goldilocks Variations: A Pop-Up Book By Allan Ahlberg, Diana Harter
The Goldilocks Variations: A Pop-Up Book By Allan Ahlberg, Diana Harter
Children's Book and Media Review
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The Extraordinary Education Of Nicholas Benedict By Trenton Lee Stewart, Tessa Joy Mcmillan
The Extraordinary Education Of Nicholas Benedict By Trenton Lee Stewart, Tessa Joy Mcmillan
Children's Book and Media Review
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Double Eagle By Sneed B. Collard, Tessa Joy Mcmillan
Double Eagle By Sneed B. Collard, Tessa Joy Mcmillan
Children's Book and Media Review
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The Cup And The Crown By Diane Stanley, Tessa Joy Mcmillan
The Cup And The Crown By Diane Stanley, Tessa Joy Mcmillan
Children's Book and Media Review
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