The Stepsister Scheme

From Rosalia Millan author: Hines, Jim C. The Stepsister Scheme This book picks up a few months after the Cinderella story ends. Danielle(Cinderella) is happy with her husband, but her stepsisters just can’t leave well enough alone. They plot to steal Danielle’s husband and her child. Queen Bea, the prince’s mother, introduces Danielle to Talia [...]

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Gone

From Chelsea, Teen Book Reviewer author: McMann, Lisa Gone Things should be great for Janie, the main character of Gone, by Lisa McMann. She has graduated from high school and is spending her summer with Cabel, the guy she’s totally in love with. Despite the thought, she thinks she is a total train wreck and [...]

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Briar Rose

From Rosalia Millan author: Yolen, Jane Briar Rose Becca is Gemma’s youngest granddaughter and on Gemma’s death bead she makes Becca promise to find Briar Rose’s castle because it is all she has to leave her.  While Becca and her three sisters were growing up Gemma had always told them the story of Briar Rose [...]

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Rose Sees Red

From Rosalia Millan author: Castellucci, Cecil Rose Sees Red In Rose Sees Red by Cecil Castellucci Rose goes to the performing arts high school in Manhattan.  Making the decision to attend this high school caused a rift between Rose and her best friend Daisy (who wasn’t really a very good friend in the first place).  [...]

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The Sugar Queen

From Rosalia Millan author: Allen, Sarah  Addison The Sugar Queen Josey is a woman living with her mother in a small town.  All anyone can ever remember about Josey is what a difficult child she was, even though now she has completely changed to the point of being totally submissive of all her mother’s desires.  [...]

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Going Bovine

From Rosalia Millan author: Bray, Libba Going Bovine Cameron Smith is a sixteen year old focused on being a slacker, and doing as little as possible.  There is nothing really wrong with his home life, he just feels overlooked and has decided to exploit that for all it’s worth. Everything changes when he contracts Creutzfeldt-Jacob [...]

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Fade to Blue

From Rosalia Milan author: Beaudoin, Sean Fade to Blue Sophie thinks she is losing her mind.   She thinks a broken down ice cream truck is following her around and she’s having horrible nightmares where she wakes up with bruises that shadow what happened in her dream.  What makes this book especially interesting is that it [...]

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Flow : the cultural story of menstruation

From: Rosalia Millan author: Stein, Elissa Flow : the cultural story of menstruation This book was such a brilliant idea, and the authors did a great job.  Flow tells the cultural history of the period and how women’s status and health care have changed over time. It’s written in a friendly, personable style to try [...]

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The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines

From Rosalia Millan author: Madrid, Mike The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines This book gives a great overview of the place that female superheroes have held in comics over the last 70 years. The author writes in a very easy to read style that makes the book fun and [...]

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