Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev

This is a guest post by Superfast Toddlers awesome babysitter Namiko, a teenage girl who loves loves loves to read. She reminds me a lot of myself at her age, and we swap books back and forth. Synopsis: When Beatrice Shakespeare Smith is told to leave the only home she has known, the Théâtre Illuminata, she is given one chance to prove that she is a valuable member of the company. Review: I re-read a lot. It’s just the way I am, but I don’t…

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West Oversea by Lars Walker

Synopsis: In 1001 AD, an Irish priest travels with a famed Norse hero to Iceland, Greenland, and parts unknown, in the company of a wicked talisman that gives him the second sight. Review: West Oversea takes the tone of a saga, only with an accessibility that had me turning pages like a madwoman to find out what new wonder Lars Walker would create for me. I want to read everything else he’s ever written! Lucky for you, the publisher (Nordskog Publishing) has given me 2…

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