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Carter, Aimée
4 Reviews
(4)
4-6
Simon and friends journey from their NYC Animalgam academy (for child shapeshifters) to Arizona to rescue Simon's mother from his evil grandfather. Simon is also determined to secure a powerful weapon and must learn to trust those closest to him. Despite convoluted alliances, this action-packed sequel to Simon Thorn and the Wolf's Den does expand on the series' promise of animal magic.
Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac
(4)
4-6
Twelve-year-old Simon, who can talk to animals, is lonely until he discovers he's actually an Animalgam, able to shift to animal form. Whisked to the Leading Animalgam Institute for the Remarkable (L.A.I.R.) in the Central Park Zoo, Simon meets new family members and encounters unexpected enemies as he hops from adventure to adventure. Action trumps character development in this apparent series-starter.
Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac
(4)
YA
In this sequel to Pawn, Kitty continues to masquerade as politician-turned-rebel Lila Hart, but she is quickly exiled to the cruel and deadly prison camp called Elsewhere. As Carter unleashes exciting plot twists, double agents, and back-from-the-dead resurrections--usually to save Kitty from her own impetuousness--the pileup of corpses, secrets, and horrors overpowers character development in this dystopian thriller.
Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac
(4)
YA
In a future dystopia, Kitty lives in a caste system determined by intellectual merit. Illiteracy dooms her to a life of cleaning sewers or prostitution, until the country's leading family offers her another option and opens her eyes to the society's corruption and inhumanity. A weakly wrought romantic triangle undermines Carter's social critique, but the labyrinthine plot keeps pages turning.
Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac
4 reviews
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