false <![CDATA[The War at Ellsmere]]> 4065472 1 Zombies Calling creator Faith Erin Hicks brings her manga-fueled art style and pop-culture sensibilities to girl's boarding schools in her latest book The War at Ellsmere. Jun is the newest scholarship student at the prestigious Ellsmere girls' boarding school - but to a lot of the privileged rich girls, "scholarship student" is just a code for "charity case." Fortunately, Jun has an ally in the quirky Cassie, who swears the stories about the man-eating unicorn that lives in the forest outside of the school are true. Between queen bees and mythical beasts, Jun has quite the school year ahead of her. 4112544 29 12 2008 The War at Ellsmere total:82|5:9|4:33|3:35|2:5|1:0| 82 292 115 26 5 0 false false Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 19:21:14 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 21:17:45 -0800 2008 A Seperate Peace, Dead Poet's Society, or even the Harry Potter series. There is nothing wrong with this situation, but the atmosp...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 12:42:20 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 12:53:54 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Fri Apr 24 12:39:05 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 12:44:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 19:41:14 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 05:17:21 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jan 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 07 18:16:56 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 24 21:22:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 11:34:18 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 11:39:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Dec 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon May 25 15:51:49 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 15:54:34 -0700 2009 A) It was longer
B) I like younger characters (I read children's books, for crying out loud)

However:
C) It wasn't as funny as Zombies Calling
D) It had a very Deus ex Machina kind of ending

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If your library ha...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Apr 06 09:06:53 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 09:09:07 -0700 2009 I liked the illustration style and it entertained me for a night's reading, but didn't find anyth...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 11:07:48 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 11:19:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 10 21:09:54 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 21:10:24 -0700 2009 2 1 false false Sat Jan 10 14:34:18 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 14:37:04 -0800 2009
Oh, well. I'll choke it up to sophomore slump.]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 11 06:04:40 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 06:06:22 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 11:28:52 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 09:00:40 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 10:31:38 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 10:32:45 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 17:23:50 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 12:33:00 -0700 2009
Good for preteen girls who like "school sto...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 28 19:24:40 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 19:26:13 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 10:16:18 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 10:17:00 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Oct 03 19:06:38 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 19:07:18 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 16:10:29 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 16:11:37 -0800 2008 http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/12/14/rev...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4065472