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Synopsis from Goodreads: Mary Mallon was a courageous, headstrong Irish immigrant woman who bravely came to America alone, fought hard to climb up from the lowest rung of the domestic service ladder, and discovered in herself an uncanny, and coveted, talent for cooking. Working in the kitchens of the upper class, she left a trail

Plot ‘synopsis’ from GoodReads (I can’t even begin to summarize the plot for fear I’ll give something away): I have two weeks. You’ll shoot me at the end no matter what I do. That’s what you do to enemy agents. It’s what we do to enemy agents. But I look at all the dark and

This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein By Kenneth Oppel Grades 8-12 Release date: August 23, 2011 From the Publisher (so I don’t accidentally give too much away in my synopsis!): Victor and Konrad are the twin brothers Frankenstein. They are nearly inseparable. Growing up, their lives are filled with imaginary adventures…until the day their adventures

I am a HUGE fan of Rick Yancey’s Monstrumologist series. If you enjoy twisty, turny plotting, unbearable suspense, complex, intriguing characters and good old gothic atmosphere then these are the books for you. The third and final title, Isle of Blood, is out September 13 and I will be at at Books A Million when

Daughter of Smoke and Bone Laini Taylor Grades 8-12 Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil’s supply of human teeth grown dangerously low. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a

The Scorpio Races By Maggie Steifvater Grades 8-12 I have been a Maggie Stiefvater fan for several years. I was excited to hear about her upcoming stand-alone novel, set in a completely different world than her Shiver or Ballad series. I was also interested to read a take on a legend that hasn’t been done