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Reading level: Ages 12 and up Hardcover: 224 pages Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR); First Edition edition (December 6, 2011) Book blurb: Beresford doesn’t remember much about his past or how he came to live in the chutes and crawl spaces of the posh high-rise that shares his name. But when rock star and teen sensation Melody McGrath moves to an apartment on the fiftieth floor, he knows he has to be near her. Although she doesn’t realize it, Melody is threatened by more dangerous forces than her manipulative stage mom and the pressures of life in the spotlight. The owner of the glamorous building has been hiding a fatal secret within its walls, and Beresford puts all his plans at risk. Will Beresford and Melody be able to escape with their lives (and love) intact?  My review: Could those noises we hear while alone inside our room at night be more than our imagination in overdrive? What if there was an actual person on the other side of that wall, listening, while your own e

We at Reader Girls are hosting a very special book tour today. Time of the Fairies: Afterlight, End of the World by J. Corsentino is a stunning graphic novel series and the creator is sharing an interview and  post with our readers. Book blurb: Part 1 Time of the Fairies Time of the Faeries: Afterlight is a four-part graphic novel series that explore the origins of the Faeries, the evolution of Angels and Vampires from a common Fae ancestor, and their own unique adaptations to the modern world. It follows the alliances and tensions that develop between these three species as they struggle to protect human civilization or shape it to their will. The Afterlight follows several lines of cause and effect, revealing possible versions of the Apocalypse at the hands of all three species. In the first book, Afterlight, End of the World , we begin at the end with the Angel Apocalypse: a dying Earth, ravaged by war, now hosts only a few scattered pockets of humanity. These last survivo