by Shannon Messenger
I've been meaning to write this review for a very long time because I love and adore this book (and its sequel even more!). However, after rereading it several times, I'm not quite sure I can articulate why. However, I shall do my best. Summary: 12 year-old Sophie Foster is a child genius with a b...
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Oh my gosh. There are no words for how much I absolutely adore Keeper of the Lost Cities. It was an amazing debut and one of my favorite books by far--impressive, considering I rarely read Middle Grade in the first place! And honestly, if you crossed out Sophie's age, I could almost peg this as YA (...
4.5 stars
I picked up Shannon Messenger's Keeper of the Lost Cities with high expectations. Not only had a heard very positive things about this specific novel, reviewers and readers seemed to extremely excited about her YA offering, Let the Sky Fall. I still haven't read Let the Sky Fall, but I really enjoye...
This was probably one of my favorite debuts last year! As any regular follower of this blog can tell, I don't normally read middle grade books. Harry Potter was probably the only one I'd gotten into, but there was just something about this one that sounded interesting. And I'm so glad that I did pic...
Originally posted at Nose in a BookI would love to blame Tina for the fact I’m reviewing a “middle school” book, but Tina isn’t at fault. The author of this book is. That’s right, I’m blaming the author Shannon Messenger. It’s okay, I can, I’m friends with the author. Friends in the sense I bother h...
4.5 starsFull disclosure: I do, in fact, know Shannon in real life and met her before I read Keeper of the Lost Cities; however this is my professional opinion of her work.Despite the fact that I don’t read middle grade that often (I’ve only read a handful of MGs), and the fact that I don’t particul...
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