Me & My Mailbox: 'Vampirates: Blood Captain'
Posted by alli on 08-08-2008
I received a lot of great things to read this month, and if I'm missing any today they'll be in next month's Me & My Mailbox, I promise. These are all tiles I saw before I left for Maine, and I'm guessing there will be quite few waiting for me when I get home — that and a bathing suit I ordered online and forgot to have shipped here. Oops.
Vampirates: Blood Captain by Justin Somper (Arrrrrgh. Super fun! Action, adventure, pirates and vampires. Yes, I think this is the result of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" craze, but that doesn't make it any less fun.)
Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey (Unbeknownst to her, Jessica is a vampire princess with a long-lost hot fiance…thank god for her copy of, Growing Up Undead: A Teen Vampire's Guide to Dating, Health, and Emotions.)
Hero Type by Barry Lyga (What happens when you save a classmate from a serial killer? Then what happens if you're portrayed as anti-American? Heavy.)
Graceling by Kristin Cashore (Born with a special extreme skill, Katsa is a graceling, a rare being in her kingdom. Part fairy-tale, part fantasy, part political thriller, looks riveting.)
Breaking Up is Hard to Do by Niki Burnham, Terri Clark, Ellen Hopkins, and Lynda Sandoval (Cool approach: Four unique stories telling the quintessential teen tale of the end of a romance.)
Ruby's Imagine by Kim Antieau (Ruby can talk to nature and she knows a great storm is coming…but how will she convince people?)
Vibes by Amy Kathleen Ryan (Kristi can read people's minds but can she read people?)
Pemba's Song: A Ghost Story by Marilyn Nelson and Tonya C. Hegamin (A paranormal relationship between a girl in Brooklyn and a 18th century slave girl, told in prose. Spooky and musical. Cool.)
Carlos Is Gonna Get It by Kevin Emerson (Getting to know the class weirdo just might put a damper on plans to punish him with a practical joke.)
It Was September When We Ran Away The First Time by D. James Smith (1951 race issues abound and running away for real instead of just part-time are Paolo's main concerns.)
The Invisible Man by HG Wells, Adapted by Rick Geary (A Classics Illustrated Book) (This sc-fi classic is now available in an accessible comic book format.)
Palace of Mirrors by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Peasant girl or a princess in hiding?)
