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Jessica West's entries



Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier

Monday, 4 August 2008 12:33 P GMT-05
This is Marillier's only book that is written for young adults, as far as I know, but it has all of the elements of her other fantasy writing. Like her other books, it is drawn from traditional folklore and is set in our world, although magic is

Before I Die by Jenny Downham

Tuesday, 1 July 2008 9:37 A GMT-05
This is a book that I read even though I knew it would make me cry. It is the story of Tessa, who is sixteen years old and dying. She has stopped going to school because of how sick she is, and now only wants to live out her remaining time like any t

The Wednesday Wars by Gary D Schmidt

Monday, 23 June 2008 4:43 P GMT-05
Any teen book that includes Shakespeare's plays as essentially a main character is one that I am going to appreciate. In this coming of age story, set in 1967, Holling Hoodhood initially believes that his exposure to Shakespeare is some sort of p

Black Juice by Margo Lanagan

Saturday, 2 February 2008 1:01 P GMT-05
"In the winter you come to the pit to warm your feet in the tar. You stand long enough to sink as far as your ankles - the littler you are, the longer you can stand. . . But in summer, like this day, you keep away from the tar . . . Ikky was tal

Fledgling by Octavia Butler

Tuesday, 18 December 2007 1:59 P GMT-05
This was one of those books that I could not put down, and that finishing was more difficult than usual. Octavia Butler is one of my favorite writers, who passed away last year, the same year that Fledgling was published. When I finished reading Fled