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The Jungle Book Directed by Jon Favreau Genre: Fantasy, Adventure Running time: 105 minutes Released: 2016 Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Raised by a family of wolves since birth, Mowgli (Neel Sethi) must leave the only home he's ever known when the fearsome tiger Shere Khan (Idris Elba) unleashes his mighty roar. Guided by a no-nonsense panther (Ben Kingsley) and a free-spirited bear (Bill Murray), the young boy meets an array of jungle animals, including a slithery python and a smooth-talking ape. Along the way, Mowgli learns valuable life lessons as his epic journey of self-discovery leads to fun and adventure. The Jungle Book  tells the story of Mowgli, a human boy taken in and raised by a pack of wolves after his father is killed by the tiger Shere Khan. Throughout the film, Mowgli struggles to find his identity as a man living among wolves and other jungle animals. If anything can be said about Disney’s remake of its 1967 animated film The Jungle Book , it is that the fil...

WHAT HAPPENS NOW Written by Jennifer Castle YA Contemporary Hb, 384 pages. Harperteen. Publication date: June 7, 2016 A copy was provided by Harper Collins for review What happens when a summer fantasy starts becoming reality? Do you jump in headfirst or start running in the other direction as fast as you can? Ari Logan isn't used to getting what she wants, not with a younger half sister who clings onto her, an absent mother who works nights, and a stepfather who needs her help at the store. Not to mention that she's still struggling with her memories of the night she cut herself and the inner demons that led her to self harm. So when she sees Camden Armstrong at the lake one summer and starts crushing on him, she finds safe satisfaction in her fantasies and learning what she can about him from other people instead of approaching him herself. It isn't until the next summer when she runs into him in oops let's not let that embarrassing incident come to light!  that her f...

Ivory and Bone Julie Eshbaugh Genre:  Fantasy ,  Historical Hardback: 384 Pages Publication: June 7, 2016 by William Morrow A prehistoric fantasy—with allusions to Pride and Prejudice . Hunting, gathering, and keeping his family safe—that’s the life seventeen-year-old Kol knows. Then bold, enigmatic Mya arrives from the south with her family, and Kol is captivated. He wants her to like and trust him, but any hopes of impressing her are ruined when he makes a careless—and nearly grave—mistake. However, there’s something more to Mya’s cool disdain…a history wrought with loss that comes to light when another clan arrives. With them is Lo, an enemy from Mya’s past who Mya swears has ulterior motives. As Kol gets to know Lo, tensions between Mya and Lo escalate until violence erupts. Faced with shattering losses, Kol is forced to question every person he’s trusted. One thing is for sure: this was a war that Mya or Lo—Kol doesn’t know which—had been planning all along. Review For a ...

The Girl from the Savoy Hazel Gaynor Genre: Historical Paperback 448 Pages Publication: June 7, 2016 by William Morrow Sometimes life gives you cotton stockings. Sometimes it gives you a Chanel gown. . . Dolly Lane is a dreamer; a downtrodden maid who longs to dance on the London stage, but her life has been fractured by the Great War. Memories of the soldier she loved, of secret shame and profound loss, by turns pull her back and spur her on to make a better life. When she finds employment as a chambermaid at London’s grandest hotel, The Savoy, Dolly takes a step closer to the glittering lives of the Bright Young Things who thrive on champagne, jazz and rebellion. Right now, she must exist on the fringes of power, wealth and glamor—she must remain invisible and unimportant. But her fortunes take an unexpected turn when she responds to a struggling songwriter’s advertisement for a ‘muse’ and finds herself thrust into London’s exhilarating theatre scene and into the lives of celebrated ...

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