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In: 科幻小说 & 幻想(是的), 超自然的 & 恐怖(是的), Young Adult Book Reviews
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The daughter of two scientists, Shade Darby is thirteen years old when the Dome appears and sits astride the 101 at Perdido Beach, 加州.   Shade’s mother, Dr. Heather Darby of Northwestern University in Evanston, 伊利诺斯州, is called in to explain the Dome, 一个异常, 令人费解的, initially opaque, and terrifying enclosure that captured all children younger than fifteen and ejected all persons older.  Because curiosity runs deep in her genetic makeup, each day Shade—against her mother’s orders—watches the terror that is the FAYZ: Fallout Alley Youth Zone, 盖亚在哪里, a demented young goddess rules , maiming and murdering.  Unlike the original healing and life-giving character in阅读更多→

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Somewhat like the choose-your-own-adventure books with alternate endings, 简 Unlimited by Kristin Cashore occasionally leaves the reader with the feeling of being lost in a maze, confused by the various plot twists and turns or coming upon a similar detail and experiencing déjà vu.  Although Cashore’s book is intended for linear, cover-to-cover reading, when the book’s protagonist, 简, approaches an important choice, the reader follows her down that path to see how the decision plays out. The novel begins on a boat, with 简 travelling to Tu Reviens, a house on an island and a place of opportunity.  She had promised her deceased aunt Magnolia阅读更多→

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A blood-stained note, reading “Who killed Darius Drake,” lures Darius into searching for an answer, since he’s still alive and living at Stonehill Home for Children after losing his parents in a tragic car accident when he was only three.  But the gangly orphan genius with thick glasses and a volcanic eruption of bright red hair needs a partner, whom he finds in Arthur Bash, “一个巨大的, 脂肪, scary-looking dude” (2).  Known at school as a thug-for-hire, Bash Man will frighten foes with a menacing look for the price of a candy bar.  After his parents’ divorce, Arthur adopts the bully persona because he’d rather阅读更多→

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If you’re the sort of person who secretly reads the end of a novel first, then Emily Lockhart’s new book Genuine Fraud was written with you in mind because it begins with Chapter 18 and works its way to Chapter 1. Lockhart writes about two young women: 伊莫金 Sokoloff and Jule West Williams, two orphans and school friends who defy social conventions but have histories that bind them.  伊莫金, a New York City, private-school blond, is an open-minded, 自信, and desirable friend and hostess who draws people in with her power, 钱, 热情, and independence.  She refuses to strive for greatness or to work toward other people’s definitions阅读更多→