This Month on Kidsreads...

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Special Feature: INFINITY RING, BOOK TWO: DIVIDE AND CONQUER by Carrie Ryan

When best friends Dak Smyth and Sera Froste stumble upon the key to time travel --- a handheld device known as the Infinity Ring --- they're swept up in a centuries-long war for the fate of humankind. Join the epic time-travel adventure told in seven books and seven original online game episodes.

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Reviewers' Favorite Books of 2012

Recently, we asked our reviewers to provide us with a list of some of their favorite books from 2012. Though it was difficult to narrow down, each reviewer chose up to 10 books that he or she enjoyed the most this year. Take a look and see if any of their selections match yours --- and which titles you may want to consider reading in the future. Please note that due to personal and professional commitments, some reviewers were not able to participate in this feature.

FEATURED REVIEWS

THE BULLY BOOK by Eric Kahn Gale

Eric Haskins, the target of bullies, is looking for answers, and he finds them.  This book is loosely based on incidents that happened to the author in sixth grade.

I FUNNY: A Middle School Story by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Laura Park

Jamie Grimm wants to become a stand up comic, but his life doesn't give him too much to laugh about. However, when the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic contest rolls around he knows he has to enter. Can he pull it off?

TRUST NO ONE: The 39 Clues: The Cahills vs. Vespers, Book Five by Linda Sue Park

Dan and Amy were ready for a fight when seven members of their family were kidnapped, but their enemy has proved to be very tricky. Can the Cahills defeat the Vespers before it's too late?