

Finding Ruby Starling
Author: Karen Rivers
Narrator: Nora Hunter, Liam Aiken, Charlotte Cole
Unabridged: 6 hr 34 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Scholastic Audio Books
Published: 09/01/2014
Categories: Children's Fiction
Author: Karen Rivers
Narrator: Nora Hunter, Liam Aiken, Charlotte Cole
Unabridged: 6 hr 34 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Scholastic Audio Books
Published: 09/01/2014
Categories: Children's Fiction
Goosebumps, goosebumps everywhere! Thank you, NetGalley and Scholastic, for this free book to review! Wow.... I'm impressed. Karen Rivers turned a cliche into a fun and sometimes chilling read. How could someone keep one twin but abandon the other? What I liked: 1. The girls' voices. They each has a dis......more
;">Things I Loved About This Book: Review copy provided by the publisher in exchange for honest review. This does not affect my opinion or review. It is written entirely in Tumblr entries, emails and movie scripts.How interesting is that? I don't think many people could have pulled that off,......more
The writing just didn't click with me. Part of that is just whatever weird brain alchemy makes book-clicking (not) happen, but also do kids really email each other these days??? Do they talk like this??? I didn't really buy it. And maybe they do! I don't have kids and I am rarely around them. But it......more
Praise for The Encyclopedia of Me:
"Rivers has created a warm, funny, fast-paced story about an endearing middle schooler who keeps her cool and sense of humor when events spin out of control." -- School Library Journal, starred review
"Cleverly woven through the titular encyclopedia . . . is the touchingly real and often humorous story of a preteen's struggles with family, friendship and first love." -- Kirkus Reviews
"Tink's first-person narrative is vibrant and exuberantly opinionated, whether she is describing life with her hairless cat or pondering the meaning of her first kiss." -- Publishers Weekly