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Sapphire Blue Sneak Preview

Never mind those fifty shades of grey: the hottest color this fall may be Sapphire Blue. Although I certainly had my gripes with Ruby Red, fans have been waiting eagerly for the English-translation sequel to Kerstin Gier’s time-traveling YA romance (part of a trilogy). So where are we in the tale? Sixteen-year-old Gwen’s life has been turned upside down ever since her eccentric, aristocratic English family figured out that she was the Ruby, the last member of the secret time-traveling Circle of Twelve. While searching through history for the others in order to get their blood samples (when blood from [...]

2016-12-31T17:59:11-07:00August 14th, 2012|Tags: , , , , |

Defending Jacob

The Best Defense Author: William Landay When is a courtroom drama not a courtroom drama? When it’s less about the cat-and-mouse between a brilliant lawyer and a hardened criminal/mob boss/serial killer, and more about the emotional and social repercussions that a criminal accusation brings down upon defendants, their families, and their loved ones. Defending Jacob, by William Landay, is a novel about a sensationalized teen murder trial and its devastating effects on the small, suburban community where it takes place. Fiftysomething Andy Barber is a respected and well-known assistant district attorney in his cozy New England town; it’s understood that [...]

2016-12-31T17:56:58-07:00August 14th, 2012|Tags: , , , |

Garbage Land

Reduce, Reuse, Reread Author: Elizabeth Royte Garbage, recycling, yard waste: for most of us, once we dump it in a bin and maybe drag it to the curb, it vanishes from our lives and our minds. But what really happens to the stuff that we don’t want anymore? Elizabeth Royte decides to find out in Garbage Land, starting with picking through her own daily trash for a year to analyze the contents. She attempts to follow her garbage to a landfill, her recyclables to a processing facility, even (gulp) her raw sewage to a treatment plant, with mixed results — [...]

2024-04-11T00:58:01-07:00July 22nd, 2012|Tags: , , , , , , |
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