http://www.crackingthecover.com Helping readers make informed decisions Fri, 18 May 2012 12:00:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.crackingthecover.com/6515/annette-simons-robot-zombie-frankenstein-is-delightfully-silly/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=annette-simons-robot-zombie-frankenstein-is-delightfully-silly http://www.crackingthecover.com/6515/annette-simons-robot-zombie-frankenstein-is-delightfully-silly/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 12:00:34 +0000 Jessica http://www.crackingthecover.com/?p=6515 “ROBOT ZOMBIE FRANKENSTEIN!” by Annette Simon, Candlewick, Hardcover, April 24, 2012, $16.99 (ages 3 and up) Two robots, both very alike. Maybe too alike. But Robot can take care of that. A few changes here, a few changes there, and Robot becomes Robot ZOMBIE! Well other Robot can’t let that go — enter Robot Zombie [...]]]> http://www.crackingthecover.com/6515/annette-simons-robot-zombie-frankenstein-is-delightfully-silly/feed/ 0 http://www.crackingthecover.com/6499/discover-bonapartes-france-in-susanne-dunlaps-academie/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=discover-bonapartes-france-in-susanne-dunlaps-academie http://www.crackingthecover.com/6499/discover-bonapartes-france-in-susanne-dunlaps-academie/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 12:22:42 +0000 Jessica http://www.crackingthecover.com/?p=6499 “THE ACADEMIE,” by Susanne Emily Dunlap,Bloomsbury USA Childrens, Hardcover, Feb. 28, 2012, $16.99 (ages 12 and up) Most teenagers living today would die for the chance to go to school in France. But in 1799, Eliza Monroe, daughter of future U.S. president James Monroe, wants little to do with a boarding school outside of Paris. [...]]]> http://www.crackingthecover.com/6499/discover-bonapartes-france-in-susanne-dunlaps-academie/feed/ 0 http://www.crackingthecover.com/6489/aimee-agrestis-illuminate-isnt-as-luminous-as-advertised/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aimee-agrestis-illuminate-isnt-as-luminous-as-advertised http://www.crackingthecover.com/6489/aimee-agrestis-illuminate-isnt-as-luminous-as-advertised/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 12:06:08 +0000 Jessica http://www.crackingthecover.com/?p=6489 “ILLUMINATE: A GILDED WINGS NOVEL, BOOK ONE,” by Aimee Agresti, Harcourt Children’s Books, Hardcover, March 6, 2012, $17.99 (ages 12 and up) Haven Terra is driven. She’s smart and works hard both inside and outside of school. She spends most of her time outside of school at the hospital where her “mom” is a nurse [...]]]> http://www.crackingthecover.com/6489/aimee-agrestis-illuminate-isnt-as-luminous-as-advertised/feed/ 1 http://www.crackingthecover.com/6449/children-are-the-most-important-people-on-earth-author-toni-buzzeo-says/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=children-are-the-most-important-people-on-earth-author-toni-buzzeo-says http://www.crackingthecover.com/6449/children-are-the-most-important-people-on-earth-author-toni-buzzeo-says/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 12:00:50 +0000 Jessica http://www.crackingthecover.com/?p=6449 Toni Buzzeo is passionate about children’s literature. Having been a classroom educator and then a school librarian for many years, she has been surrounded by it. That’s also why she writes for children, though that’s not the only reason. “Just as importantly,” she says, “I love children and consider them, wherever they may be, to [...]]]> http://www.crackingthecover.com/6449/children-are-the-most-important-people-on-earth-author-toni-buzzeo-says/feed/ 0 http://www.crackingthecover.com/6431/magrittes-marvelous-hat-is-marvelous/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=magrittes-marvelous-hat-is-marvelous http://www.crackingthecover.com/6431/magrittes-marvelous-hat-is-marvelous/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 12:55:21 +0000 Jessica http://www.crackingthecover.com/?p=6431 “MAGRITTE’S MARVELOUS HAT,” by D. B. Johnson, Houghton Mifflin, Hardback, April 17, 2012, $16.99 (ages 4 and up) Rene Magritte is known for his surrealist paintings. He was also known for a bowler hat. In “Magritte’s Marvelous Hat,” author/illustrator D.B. Johnson brings Magritte to life in the form of a dog. One day, Magritte sees [...]]]> http://www.crackingthecover.com/6431/magrittes-marvelous-hat-is-marvelous/feed/ 2 http://www.crackingthecover.com/6403/aimee-carters-goddess-interrupted-is-a-fast-moving-follow-up/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aimee-carters-goddess-interrupted-is-a-fast-moving-follow-up http://www.crackingthecover.com/6403/aimee-carters-goddess-interrupted-is-a-fast-moving-follow-up/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 12:31:43 +0000 Jessica http://www.crackingthecover.com/?p=6403 “GODDESS INTERRUPTED,” by Aimee Carter, Harlequin Teen, Paperback, March 27, 2012, $9.99 (young adult) Kate Winters is living in a fairy tale; or rather she’s living in a myth. She’s won immortality and the hand of Henry (Hades). She’s arrived in the Underworld to take her place as queen, but before she can even crowned [...]]]> http://www.crackingthecover.com/6403/aimee-carters-goddess-interrupted-is-a-fast-moving-follow-up/feed/ 0 http://www.crackingthecover.com/6417/win-aimee-carters-goddess-interrupted/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=win-aimee-carters-goddess-interrupted http://www.crackingthecover.com/6417/win-aimee-carters-goddess-interrupted/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 12:00:04 +0000 Jessica http://www.crackingthecover.com/?p=6417 Giveaway open to U.S. and Canada only. a Rafflecopter giveaway]]> http://www.crackingthecover.com/6417/win-aimee-carters-goddess-interrupted/feed/ 0 http://www.crackingthecover.com/6395/vanishing-game-is-a-dark-thriller-with-a-twist/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vanishing-game-is-a-dark-thriller-with-a-twist http://www.crackingthecover.com/6395/vanishing-game-is-a-dark-thriller-with-a-twist/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 14:00:18 +0000 Jessica http://www.crackingthecover.com/?p=6395 “THE VANISHING GAME,” by Kate Kae Myers, Bloomsbury USA Childrens, Hardcover, Feb. 14, 2012, $16.99 (ages 12 and up) Twin siblings Jocelyn and Jack depend on each other for everything. They’ve been together through unimaginable circumstances, but they’ve always had their sibling’s back. When Jack is killed in a car accident, Jocelyn is devastated. How [...]]]> http://www.crackingthecover.com/6395/vanishing-game-is-a-dark-thriller-with-a-twist/feed/ 0 http://www.crackingthecover.com/6387/wicked-and-the-just-takes-readers-to-13th-century-wales/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wicked-and-the-just-takes-readers-to-13th-century-wales http://www.crackingthecover.com/6387/wicked-and-the-just-takes-readers-to-13th-century-wales/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 12:56:01 +0000 Jessica http://www.crackingthecover.com/?p=6387 “THE WICKED AND THE JUST,” by J. Anderson Coats, Harcourt, Hardcover, April 17, 2012, $16.99 (ages 12 and up) Cecily’s life is over. Her father is moving them to Caernarvon in occupied Wales. He says it will be good for them, that the king needs good Englishmen to keep the Welshmen in their place. But Cecily [...]]]> http://www.crackingthecover.com/6387/wicked-and-the-just-takes-readers-to-13th-century-wales/feed/ 0 http://www.crackingthecover.com/6377/cat-patricks-revived-will-catch-you-off-guard-in-a-good-way/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cat-patricks-revived-will-catch-you-off-guard-in-a-good-way http://www.crackingthecover.com/6377/cat-patricks-revived-will-catch-you-off-guard-in-a-good-way/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 12:28:54 +0000 Jessica http://www.crackingthecover.com/?p=6377 “REVIVED,” by Cat Patrick, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Hardcover, May 1, 2012, $17.99 (young adult) Daisy died today. A bee sting is all it took. It came as a surprise to the kids on the football field and the surrounding teachers, but not really to Daisy — she’s died before. In fact, this is [...]]]> http://www.crackingthecover.com/6377/cat-patricks-revived-will-catch-you-off-guard-in-a-good-way/feed/ 1