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All you need to know about THE KANE CHRONICLES   Author : Rick Riordan   Twelve-year Carter and Sadie Kane don't seem like siblings. In fact, they're barely even friends, which might be due to the fact that they only see each other twice a year. Sadie lives in Britain with her grandparents, while Carter explores the world with his Egyptologist father, Dr Julius Kane.  But during one of their bi-yearly meetings, everything gets slightly complicated when their father blows up the British Museum and liberates four mildly annoyed gods and one murderously evil god from their confines. Confused? Well, to be honest, they have not quite understood it as well. But in a nutshell, Egyptian gods are alive and kicking, and they are really not the kind of people you would want to invite to your party.  And when their father releases the evil god Set from the clutches of his prison, Set banishes him to oblivion and forces the siblings to run for their lives.  After a...

All you need to know about THE PHOENIX FILES  Author : Chris Morphew Luke Hunter was having a really bad year. His parents split up, and now he and his mom were moving. He missed his dad, and the sudden move after their divorce wasn't really helping him get used to the new changes he was already dealing with. So all in all, Luke wasn't exactly loving his life at the moment. And the place they were moving to wasn't helping his peace of mind either.  For one, Pheonix wasn't an ordinary town. It was in the middle of nowhere and was run by the powerful Shackleton Cooperative, the company his mother worked for. The town is pretty much brand new, and only the employees of Shackleton Cooperative lived in it. And that's not even the weird part.  Pheonix had no access to the internet. None of the people had cars, they weren't allowed to. And worse, they had no access to phones either, so there was no communication possible with anyone outside the town. All the houses in ...

All you need to know about PAOLA SANTIAGO  Author : Tehlor Kay Mejia  Twelve-year-old Paola Santiago and her best friends, Dante and Emma had one rule to follow: Stay. Away. From. The. River. An unusual rule, considering rivers are usually harmless (unless it's about to sweep you away), but ever since a schoolmate of theirs drowned in the river a year back, the kids were expressly forbidden from stepping foot near the banks. Paola's mom had been warning her about the river even before, as she was convinced that La Llorona, the wailing woman, lurked in the river's murky water, dragging any unsuspecting victim in at the first chance. For a girl like Pao, who believed in science and nothing but science, her mom's superstitious warnings were ridiculous, and a source of great embarrassment.  Well, too bad the river was the perfect spot for stargazing.  As Pao, Dante and Emma make plans to meet up at the river banks one night to stargaze with her new telescope, things go w...

All you need to know about WINGS OF FIRE (Arc 2) Author : Tui T Sutherland Note: Arc 2 of the series occurs directly after Arc 1, so the second arc must be read after the first five books. Even this summary may have spoilers.  Peace has finally come to Pyrrhia after the long years of war, and the Dragonets of the Prophecy have come up with the best plan to unite all the tribes once again, by constructing Jade Mountain Academy, a school for all dragonets of all tribes, that will teach them about living together in peace and harmony. Which was so not easy, considering the animosity between the tribes which was still not completely eradicated. But nothing is impossible for the heroes of the Prophecy! Unfortunately, things are rarely so very easy, right? Moonwatcher, a Nightwing who had been been hidden away and brought up in solitary, was quite nervous about the prospect of school. Because Moon had an astounding secret.  She could read minds, and look into the future. Since the ...

All you need to know about RENEGADES Author : Marissa Meyer The Renegades are a syndicate of prodigies -a group of people gifted with powers-, rising from the ruins of society. Even years after the Battle of Gatlon city, they remained a shining beacon of hope and courage, and were tasked with maintaining peace and order throughout the world. While almost everyone looked up to the Renegades with shining eyes and hearts full of hope, not all saw them as the salvation of humankind. 16 year old Nova Artino, or Nightmare, as she was most commonly known as, had every reason to hate the Renegades. After all, her misplaced faith in the so-called saviors of the world had cost her family their lives. All her life, her one ultimate aim had been to overthrow the Renegades from the ground, and show the world that their trust in the Renegades was every bit as destructing and worthless as hers was.  Adrian Everhart was the adopted son of two of the founding members of the Renegades organizat...

All you need to know about WINGS OF FIRE (Arc 1) Author : Tui T Sutherland Ever since the Sandwing tribe queen's demise, the peaceful land of Pyrrhia was ravaged by war among the seven dragon tribes, locked in a never-ending battle over an ancient, lost treasure. As winds of turmoil blew fiercely through out Pyrrhia, a secret movement, the Talons of Peace, sought to cease the war with the help of the Dragonet Prophecy, a fore-telling issued by the clairvoyant Nightwings.  In accordance to the prophecy, five dragonets from five different tribes were chosen and raised in a cave, against their will. After years of intense training and rules, the dragonets decide to escape the cave and the  expectations piled on them, and travel in search of their families, and finally have the chance to explore the world outside.  But when a successful expedition outside their cave goes awry, the dragonets realize that they have escaped from the fire pan, just to fall headfirst into the fire...

All you need to know about DAUGHTER OF THE DEEP  Author : Rick Riordan Ana Dakkar is a freshman at Harding-Pencroft Academy, a five-year high school which graduates the world's best marine scientists, naval warriors, navigators and underwater explorers. Ana's parents had both died while on a scientific expedition funded by the Academy, and Ana's elder brother, Dev, was the only family she has got left. Harding-Pencroft Academy was her only home, and her only family. As Ana's fifteenth birthday was fast approaching in a week, and her freshman year was coming to a conclusion with their weekend trial at sea, Ana's only worries were whether she would pass the trials and live to gloat to her brother, and not   mess up spectacularly. That is, until her freshman class witnesses a horrifying catastrophe on the bus ride to the ship, a tragedy that would change their lives in the worst way possible In the light of the recent tragedy, Professor Hewett, the professor accompanyi...

All you need to know about GOING WILD Author : Lisa McMann Charlie Wilde was NOT having a good time. No, not when her family was moving from the city of Chicago, where she has lived all her life, to the suburbs of Arizona. Being the new kid in high school was going to be the downright terrifying, and she was going to have to leave behind her home, her school, her friends...No, this was going to be awful. But just when Charlie was getting into her new pattern of life (after the typical initial feeling of doom and despair) and things seemed like they were getting back to normal, everything got very weird, very fast. Oh joy.  When she found a bracelet sent to "Charlie Wilde" while unpacking, Charlie puts on the bracelet, assuming that maybe it was a "I-know things-are-not-awesome-but-good-luck-anyway!" gift from someone, but boy, was she wrong... Soon, as Charlie realizes that the bracelet is not just cheap accessory, but an item that has given her super strength and s...

All you need to know about SCARLET AND IVY  Author : Sophie Cleverly  When thirteen year old Ivy's twin sister, Scarlet, had died a few weeks before at Rookwood Boarding school, Ivy receives a letter from the school inviting to join the school in the place of her sister. Understandably, Ivy has qualms about joining, as the school had been the place where Scarlet had passed away. But persuasion from her slightly crazy aunt leads to Ivy sitting in the car on the way to the school with Miss Fox, the deputy head of the school, who is probably the most crabbiest (and evil) person in the world.  Then, when a few minutes of discussion with the deputy head gives her the biggest head ache of her life, Ivy was about to enter full panic mode. Apparently, when she was told that she was to join "in the place" of her twin, it meant she was to replace her twin. It meant that she was to become her twin.  Whoa, that went overboard in a matter of seconds. Allow me to explain. Sca...