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Out Today: KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES by Shannon Messenger

October 2, 2012

Remember three months ago when I posted that early recommendation for KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES by Shannon Messenger? No, you missed that one? Well, that’s OK, since it releases today, I thought I’d remind you, so you can see why I think it’s so great and you should go buy it today! Title: KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES Author:… Read More

MMGM: PARTNERS IN CRIME by Kim Harrington

October 1, 2012

Title: PARTNERS IN CRIME (Sleuth or Dare Book 1) Author: Kim Harrington Publisher: Scholastic, Inc. Release Date: May 1, 2012 Number of Pages: 179 Source of Book: Bought the paperback from Scholastic Book Clubs Whodunit? When best friends Darcy and Norah have to create a fake business for a school assignment, they come up with a great idea: a detective… Read More

CHAIN REACTION by Simone Elkeles

September 28, 2012

Title: CHAIN REACTION (Book 3 in the PERFECT CHEMISTRY series) Author: Simone Elekeles Publisher: Walker Books for Young Readers Release Date: August 16, 20122 Number of Pages: 308 Source of Book: Bought the hardcover Like his brothers, Luis Fuentes is a risk taker; whether he’s scaling the Rocky Mountains or dreaming of a future as an astronaut, Luis is always… Read More

EVE & ADAM by Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate

September 26, 2012

Title: EVE & ADAM Author: Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate Publisher: Feiwel and Friends (a Macmillan imprint) Release Date: October 2, 2012 Number of Pages: 304 Source of Book: ARC from publisher at IRA Convention Sixteen-year-old Evening Spiker lives an affluent life in San Francisco with her mother, EmmaRose, a successful geneticist and owner of Spiker Biotech. Sure, Evening misses… Read More

The Sister Classroom Project

September 25, 2012

Have you heard me mention the Sister Classroom or seen me talking with Brian Wyzlic about it on twitter? Well, we launched a collaborative blog just for this project, and the first post explains how it came to fruition. You can check it out here. Not sure how often we’ll post, but when we plan something fun or our students… Read More

EVERY DAY by David Levithan

September 24, 2012

Title: EVERY DAY Author: David Levithan Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Release Date: August 28, 2012 Number of Pages: 336 Source of Book: ARC from NetGalley & publisher at ALA Every day a different body. Every day a different life. Every day in love with the same girl. There’s never any warning about where it will be or who… Read More

New Look for Heise Reads & Recommends!

September 22, 2012

With starting a new job this year and having a new attitude and outlook for my blog, I was ready for a redesign. As much as I loved the old look, I was ready for a more simple and sophisticated design. So, of course, I went back to Lori from Imagination Designs because I knew from the last time that… Read More