Chime By Franny Billingsley

A book review by Maddie Soucie

Briony believes she is a witch, something she hasn't told anyone despite how much she wants to. She believes that she used her powers to ruin her sister's mind and to kill her mother. But if she tells anyone this she will be hanged, and she wants to live.

Then Eldric arrives.  Eldric who has golden hair and lion's eyes. Eldric doesn't believe anything dark or bad about Briony despite what she says. He is, though, curious about the deep secrets which she refuses to tell him. He also cares deeply for her and makes her want to cry and spill her guts -- if witches could cry that is. Briony wonders about the Old Ones and half-secrets and clues Rose leaves, hoping others will figure them out.

A story of love and secrets and witchcraft, Chime will have you turning page after page.

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Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige

A book review by Madeline Soucie



Amy Gump is a normal girl living in Kansas. She goes to school where she tries to stay out of trouble and then goes home to take care of her mother and dreams of getting out of this town. Little does she know how soon her dream will come true...

Just like Dorothy, Amy is swept away in her house by a tornado and left in Oz, only it's not the Oz she heard about in the story. Oz is dead, the magic sucked out of most parts, and there are no happy munchkins. What happened you ask? Dorothy happened.

Yes, Dorothy. After she left Oz, Dorothy came back and took over. She became power hungry and wanted more. Now Amy must train with the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked to kill Dorothy.

This is not your average story; this is not the Wizard of Oz you grew up with. This is war.


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This Wicked Game by Michelle Zink

A book review by Madeline Soucie


Claire Kincaid's family lives in New Orleans and is part of a secret society of
voodoo practitioners. Her family is one part of the International Guild of High Priests and Priestesses and runs one of the underground voodoo supply stores. 

Though Claire doesn't believe in any of this, she goes along with it for her parents' sake until she can escape to college and put this all behind her.  
That is, until a mysterious order is put in at Claire's parents' store for a black market item that raises everyone's alarms. Claire soon finds out that she doesn't know everything that's going on in the voodoo world, and if she wants to know, she'll have to find out for herself. So Claire teams up with her boyfriend Xander and the other firstborns and discover an enemy that just might kill them all.



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