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HEARTKEEPER by B.T. Lyons Clean Teen Publishing, 2013 ISBN: 9780989470155 Middle Grade Fantasy Grades 3-6 Review copy provided by publisher in return for honest review. All opinions expressed are solely my own. ABOUT THE BOOK “People of the Field, of the Cave, of the Forest, and of the Mountain, and all the places and habitats in between, our race is able to gather here tonight because in time past we found that we were not the warden of the Earth, but the Earth was our warden, our sustainer, our parent...” Mankind has survived the near-collapse of life as they knew it, now living in harmony with the world around them. Adain, a young Tenderfoot of this Future Earth, is about to take part in his Heart Chase – the search for a companion animal spirit that will act as his companion and conscience for the rest of his life. Success in the Heart Chase and surviving the subsequent Trials over the year ensures his place amongst the People as an adult, but failure means...

WIND WARRIOR World Aflame #1 by Jon Messenger Clean Teen Publishing, 2013 ISBN: 098947013X NA/ YA Fantasy Grades 9 and up Review copy provided by publisher in return for honest review. All opinions expressed are solely my own. ABOUT THE BOOK THE EARTH GIVES WAY TO THE SEA, THE SEA BOWS BEFORE THE WIND,  THE WIND FEEDS THE FLAME,  THE FLAME BURNS THE WORLD OF MAN DOWN TO THE EARTH. The sleepy town of White Halls harbors a dangerous secret. On a picturesque street, two houses down from a lovely little park, in a quaint little home with a wraparound porch, lives a family that seems rather normal. Sure, their twenty-year-old son, Xander, still lives at home, but he’s going to college and dating the leader of the schools top sorority. It’s all very…normal.   However, when a man is miraculously saved from being hit by a bus, Xander’s life turns in to the living embodiment of the tornadoes he can sudden...