Diana Peterfreund
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The Care and Feeding of Your Baby Killer Unicorn 2 Exemplare
One & Only (Canton, #1) 1 Exemplar
Poe in D.C. (Secret Society Girl, #1.1) 1 Exemplar
Powerless (Secret Society Girl, #3.2) 1 Exemplar
Poe at the Gates (Secret Society Girl, #2.3) 1 Exemplar
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Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned From Judy Blume (2007) — Mitwirkender — 332 Exemplare
Mind-Rain: Your Favorite Authors on Scott Westerfeld's Uglies Series (2009) — Mitwirkender — 106 Exemplare
The World of the Golden Compass: The Otherworldly Ride Continues (2007) — Mitwirkender — 66 Exemplare
Through the Wardrobe: Your Favorite Authors on C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia (2008) — Mitwirkender — 59 Exemplare
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- Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Yale University
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This was a fast, exciting read, as many supernatural books of late have been. Nice butt-kicking main character, great setting (Rome), great monsters to fight (unicorns), and original in many ways. The reason it's a 3 and not a 4 is simply that there were some confusing parts, parts that I think many young people would get tripped up on. Some of the characters loyalties were never clear, and there were some actions with shaky motivation. BUT, a great read nonetheless.
Fun murder mystery, cozy mystery story.
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Blackbrook Academy, Maine, Contemporary (p.2019)
1 Prestigious Science Academy
1 Winter Storm Surge, leaving
11 Students and Staff taking refuge in
1 Former Mansion Turned Reform School Turned Girls' Dorm
6 Characters inspired by the Original Clue (7 if you count Headmaster Boddy)
Several References to the Classic Clue Weapons
2 Secret Passages (with at least 1 very clever entrance)
Rotating PoV
1 Broken Stained Glass Window
1 Dead Bod(d)y
Terribly Done Mopping
2 Secret Identities
2 Potentially Career-Ending Secrets
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A fun middle-grade/YA mystery inspired by the board game (and the 1985 movie) with clever backstories tying characters to their game counterparts and some of the more outrageous names being tied to more believable last names. Colonel Mustard thus become Sam "Mustard" Maestor - a new arrival fresh from military school. Beth Picach is a tennis star who dyes the ends of her hair blue. Professor Plum becomes a research-obsessed science genius who barely looks beyond his test tubes. Mr. Green becomes townie and scholarship student Vaughn Green - who helps with maintenance and janitorial work in addition to classes. Mrs. White is the dorm proctor.
I liked this, and I enjoyed how all of the secrets flying around leaves plot for the sequels. It's fairly lightweight, but makes full use of the secret passages and familiar lay-out of the mansion. I will happily read the next.… (mehr)