Literature annotated database: 2010 - 2019
Overview
Database of books that readers who express interest in the books topics or genre enjoyed.
- Before 1980
- 1980- 1989
- 1990- 1999
- 2000-2009
- This page 2010 - 2019
- 2020-2029
Books 2010 - 2019
| Title | Author | Publication date | Summaries & Notes | Genre & themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Are you a COW? | Sandra Boynton | 2010 |  Introduce young readers to a boisterous chicken who impatiently wants to know: What are you? Before answering the chicken rattles off possibility after possibility. Are you a COW? DOG? DUCK? FROG? LAMB? PIG? HIPPO? BEAR? PENGUIN? … YOU! |
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| Missing: Sabotaged Book 3 | Margaret Peterson Haddix | 2010 | The third in the Missing series. Haddix has fortified her fast moving action packed survival adventure plot, she has used successfully in many of her books, by incorporating two challenging thought puzzles: first, is the continuation of operationalizing time travel along with the paradoxes it would create if the past could be changed and second, what happened to the real Virginia Dare and other inhabitants in and around the Virginia colony. The book includes 17 pages of author s notes about this. While I think this is a great read and I think others will enjoy the story and thinking about these ideas I would caution the book doesn't conclude the episode about Andrea. While the reader expects there will be more books about other missing children a follower of the series might believe Andrea's story would conclude. However, the book is a cliffhanger leaving this episode unresolved and a time limit of 1611 to fix things or time itself might collapse. age 12 years - seventh grade topics time travel mystery adoption Virginia Dare Roanoke Colony Virginia | modern fiction time travel adopted history |
| The Last Apprentice: Rage of the Fallen. - 8 | Joseph Delaney | 2011 | With each new book I am amazed at how Joseph Delaney continues to increase the depth of characters, intensity of plot, and supernatural dimensions of his writing style. This book takes off where the last ended. Is Tom ready for the challenge? Will he be successful in what he unknowingly has been prepared to do. The plot and all the many characters cohesively fit together and tell a story that compels the reader through a dark evil where not only life is at stake, but the lose of souls forever. |
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| The Last Apprentice: Grimalkin the Witch Assassin. - 9 | Joseph Delaney | 2011 | With each new book I am amazed at how Joseph Delaney continues to increase the depth of characters, intensity of plot, and supernatural dimensions of his writing style. This book takes off where the last ended., but focuses on development of Grimalkin and the essential role she plays and will play in the series. |
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| Missing: Torn Book 4 | Margaret Peterson Haddix | 2011 | The fourth in the Missing series. | modern fiction time travel adopted history |
| Missing: Caught Book 5 | Margaret Peterson Haddix | 2012 | The fifth in the Missing series. | modern fiction time travel adopted history |
| The Last Apprentice: Lure of the Dead. - 10 | Joseph Delaney | 2012 | Setting wise this book takes off where the last ended. However, it brings together the usual characters as they prepare to gather enough power to defeat the Fiend. |
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| The Last Apprentice: Slither - 11 | Joseph Delany | 2012 | The story opens with Nessa's nightmare, then the death of her father, and introduces her to Slither, a haizda mage, from the dark that prefers human blood to feed its urges. Slither, believes it is honor bound to any trade it makes, which it combines with fear to provide its needs. Nessa's father, who has secretly protected his family with trades, makes his last trade at his death. A trade, which sets the plot of the story. A plot with Slither agreeing to take Nessa's sisters: Bryony, & Susan to their Aunt and Uncle in trade for Nessa. Of course there are many life and death situations to be over come to complete the trade. A reader of The Last Apprentice series will wonder what this book has to do with Tom's story, and will not enlightened by the end. All characters are new, until Grimalkin enters over half way through the story. Being on the run with the fiend's head she has ventured to this far north land, where her character becomes central to the plot, climax, and conclusion. |
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| The Last Apprentice: I Am Alice. - 12 | Joseph Delaney | 2012 | Setting wise this book takes off where the last ended. However, the focus is on Alice as she gathers the sacred objects necessary for the ritual and she prepares herself for the part she must play in the battle to destroy the Fiend. |
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| The Last Apprentice: Fury of the Seventh Son. - 13 | Joseph Delaney | 2013 | Setting wise this book takes off where the last ended. Finally the battle to destroy the Fiend. |
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| Missing: Risked Book 6 | Margaret Peterson Haddix | 2013 | The sixth in the Missing series. | modern fiction time travel adopted history |
The Darkness trilogy: A New Darkness - 14 |
Joseph Delaney | 2014 | Setting and plot wise this book takes off where the last ended. |
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| Missing: Revealed: Rewriting the past to save the future - 7 | Margaret Peterson Haddix | 2014 | The story of the missing continues with the revelation Gary and Hodge are back and continue to carry out their plan to riches by selling the babies of 36 famous parents. Charles Lindbergh, is central to the plot as Johan Skidmore tries to unite the time streams that threaten to collapse time altogether. Katherine vanishes. Chip, Andrea, and all the other children from the plane disappear, while Jonah’s parents and the other adults in his town become thirteen again Johan and thirteen year old JB and Angela need to figure out how to stop Gary and Hodge from being successful before time ends for Johan and restarts for the 36 as babies with future parents. Interesting, and confusing, how three different time streams present different plots within the story. |
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| Missing: Revealed Book 7 | Margaret Peterson Haddix | 2014 | The seventh in the Missing series. | modern fiction time travel adopted history |
| Missing: Redeemed Book 8 | Margaret Peterson Haddix | 2012 | The conclusion of the Missing series. | modern fiction time travel adopted history |
The Darkness trilogy: The Dark Army - 15 |
Joseph Delaney | 2016 | Setting and plot wise this book takes off where the last ended. |
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The Darkness trilogy: The Dark Assassin - 16 |
Joseph Delaney | 2017 | Setting and plot wise this book takes off where the last ended. |
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| The Great Undersea Search | Kate Needham | 2017 |
Detailed illustrations of underwater scenes by Ian Jackson to engage readers to search for hidden animals, objects, and other details. |
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| Long Way Down | Jason Reynolds | 2019 | After his brother Shawn is murdered, Will (15) has a gun in his waist band. As he rides the elevator down from a seventh floor he learns about his brother's death. Written in a staccato narrative verse with a fast and furious plot that takes place in sixty seconds. The time it takes to decide whether or not he's going to murder the guy who killed his brother. A brilliant look at teenage gun violence. | Realistic fiction gun violence adolescent novel |