Review: Wolf by Wolf

I received this book for free from Edelweiss, FTC: Exchange for honest opinion in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin Published by Little Brown on August 13, 2015 Genres: Young Adult-Historical/Contemporary Source: Edelweiss, FTC: Exchange for honest opinion Buy on Amazon Goodreads The year is 1956, and the Axis powers of the Third Reich and Imperial Japan rule the world. To commemorate their Great Victory over Britain and Russia, Hitler and Emperor Hirohito host the Axis Tour: an annual motorcycle race across their conjoined continents. The victor is awarded an audience with the highly reclusive Adolf Hitler at the Victor's ball.Yael, who escaped from a death camp,...

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Review: Prisoner Of Night & Fog

I received this book for free from FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Prisoner Of Night & Fog by Anne Blankman Published by Balzer + Bray on April 22nd 2014 Genres: Young Adult-Historical/Contemporary Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Goodreads In 1930s Munich, danger lurks behind dark corners, and secrets are buried deep within the city. But Gretchen Müller, who grew up in the National Socialist Party under the wing of her "uncle" Dolf, has been shielded from that side of society ever since her father traded his life for Dolf's, and Gretchen is his favorite, his pet.Uncle Dolf is none other than Adolf Hitler. And Gretchen follows...

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Review: The Ring and The Crown

I received this book for free from FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Ring and The Crown by Melissa de la Cruz Published by Disney-Hyperion on April 1st 2014 Genres: Young Adult-Historical/Contemporary Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Princess Marie-Victoria, heir to the Lily Throne, and Aelwyn Myrddn, bastard daughter of the Mage of England, grew up together. But who will rule, and who will serve? Quiet and gentle, Marie has never lived up to the ambitions of her mother, Queen Eleanor the Second, Supreme Ruler of the Franco-British Empire. With the help of her Head Merlin, Emrys, Eleanor has maintained...

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Review: Forgiven

Forgiven by Janet Fox Series: Faithful # 2 Published by Speak on June 2nd 2011 Genres: Young Adult-Historical/Contemporary Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Kula Baker never expected to find herself on the streets of San Francisco, alone but for a letter of introduction. Though she has come to the city to save her father from a cruel fate, Kula soon finds herself swept up in a world of art and elegance - a world she hardly dared dream of back in Montana, where she was no more than the daughter of an outlaw. And then there is the handsome David Wong, whose smiling eyes and soft-spoken manner have an uncanny way of breaking through Kula's carefully crafted reserve. Yet when disaster strikes and the wreckage threatens all she holds dear, Kula realizes that only...

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Review: A Mad, Wicked Folly

I received this book for free from FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.A Mad, Wicked Folly by Sharon Biggs Waller Series: Stand Alone Published by Viking Juvenile on January 23rd 2014 Genres: Young Adult-Historical/Contemporary Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Welcome to the world of the fabulously wealthy in London, 1909, where dresses and houses are overwhelmingly opulent, social class means everything, and women are taught to be nothing more than wives and mothers. Into this world comes seventeen-year-old Victoria Darling, who wants only to be an artist—a nearly impossible dream for a girl. After Vicky...

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