Review: Shadowed Summer

Title: Shadowed SummerSeries: NoGenre: Young Adult- Contemporary/ThrillerAuthor: Saundra MitchellPublisher: Delacorte Books for Young ReadersRelease Date: February 10, 2009Book: Bought “Iris is ready for another hot, routine summer in her small Louisiana town, hanging around the Red Stripe grocery with her best friend, Collette, and traipsing through the cemetery telling each other spooky stories and pretending to cast spells. Except this summer, Iris doesn’t have to make up a story. This summer, one falls right in her lap. Years ago, before Iris was born, a local boy named Elijah Landry disappeared. All that remained of him were whispers and hushed gossip in the church pews. Until this summer. A ghost begins to haunt Iris, and she’s certain it’s the ghost...

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Review: The Vespertine

Title: The VespertineSeries: The Vespertine # 1Genre: Young Adult- Historical/FantasyAuthor: Saundra MitchellPublisher: HarcourtRelease Date: March 7, 2011Book: ARC sent by publisher It’s the summer of 1889, and Amelia van den Broek is new to Baltimore and eager to take in all the pleasures the city has to offer. But her gaiety is interrupted by disturbing, dreamlike visions she has only at sunset—visions that offer glimpses of the future. Soon, friends and strangers alike call on Amelia to hear her prophecies. However, a forbidden romance with Nathani…more“It’s the summer of 1889, and Amelia van den Broek is new to Baltimore and eager to take in all the pleasures the city has to offer. But her gaiety is interrupted by disturbing, dreamlike visions...

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