Archive for the ‘Carnegie Medal Nominee’ Category
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the fifth book in the popular Harry Potter series. I’ve read the book thrice: when it first came out, before the release of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Price, and of course, prior to the final book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, hitting the […]
Filed under: ALA Best Books For Young Adults, Audio Books, Books 2010, Carnegie Medal Nominee, J.K. Rowling, Review, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Stephen Fry, Young Adult | 16 Comments
Tags: Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, Stephen Fry
Sophie McKenzie – Girl, Missing
Girl, Missing is a story about Lauren, a fourteen year old, who lives in London with her parents. She knows she is adopted, and when she is forced to deliberate on “Who am I?” as part of her school homework, her curiosity in her past increases threefold. Logging on to a website, Missing-Children.com, she finds […]
Filed under: Books 2009, Carnegie Medal Nominee, Review, Richard & Judy Book Group, Sophie McKenzie, Young Adult | 8 Comments
Tags: Adoption, Sophie McKenzie
Neil Gaiman – Coraline
Coraline has just moved to a new house, and after acquainting herself with the neighbours, she sets about to ‘explore’ the place, for, you see, she is a self-acclaimed “explorer”. She finds the well she’s been warned to stay away from, just to know what to stay away from, and spends as much time outdoors […]
Filed under: ALA Best Books For Young Adults, Books 2009, Carnegie Medal Nominee, Children's Books, Hugo, Nebula, Neil Gaiman, Review, Sci-Fi/Fantasy | 21 Comments
Tags: Neil Gaiman
Background: I saw the penultimate Harry Potter movie on Wednesday, and was quite astounded that I did not recall most of the book, which I had read in summer 2005. It slowly came back to me, as the movie progressed, but I couldn’t help feeling I was missing a fair bit. So, I dug out […]
Filed under: Books 2009, British Book Awards Book Of The Year, Carnegie Medal Nominee, J.K. Rowling, Review, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Take A Chance Challenge, Young Adult | 8 Comments
Tags: Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, Movie Adaptation

