Title: SHIP BREAKER Author: Paolo Bacigalupi Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Release Date: May 1, 2010 Number of Pages: 326 Source of Book: Bought Hardcover based on many strong recommendations Author’s Website: windupstories.com Awards: Printz Award 2011, National Book Award Nominee 2010 Goodreads Summary: Set initially in a future shanty town in America’s Gulf Coast region, where grounded… Read More
Archives for June 2011
MEMENTO NORA by Angie Smibert
Title: MEMENTO NORA Author: Angie Smibert Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Children’s Books Release Date: April 28, 2011 Number of Pages: 192 Source of Book: ARC Offer from Publisher Author’s Website: www.angiesmibert.com/blog Publisher Summary: Nora, the popular girl and happy consumer, witnesses a horrific bombing on a shopping trip with her mother. In Nora’s near-future world, terrorism is so commonplace that she… Read More