title: The Mirrored Shard (Iron Codex)
author:  Caitlin Kittredge 
description: Gr 7 Up-In this conclusion to the series, Aoife Grayson is stuck in Thorn Land, which is populated by the Fae. The teen is destined to be the Gateminder, a person with the gift of creating "Gates" to other realms, but she is mired in a deep emotional hole of guilt. Aoife blames herself for her boyfriend, Dean, being stuck in "Deadland" and opening a Gate that plunges the world into an epidemic. It takes a couple of chapters for her to get a grip and for the plot to get going. However, once the action does pick up, Aoife's primary focus is on rescuing Dean while saving the world from an apocalyptic ending brought about by the "Old Ones," with reconciling with her family coming in at a distant second. Readers who enjoyed the details of the earlier books will find this final title more streamlined. The previous novels also have more steampunk elements in them; this installment, in contrast, leans more toward dark fantasy. On her journey, Aoife shows maturity and learns to put others' needs before her own. The various plotlines all come together in the end, but with the Old Ones' threat to return, Kittredge creates an open ending, leaving room for spinoffs. Purchase where the other volumes are popular.-Sabrina Carnesi, Crittenden Middle School, Newport News, VA(c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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  **Patterns in the Sand**  
    
   **Sally Goldenbaum**  
  
  Penguin Group USA  
  
  **Table of Contents**  
  
  __Copyright Page__
  
  __Dedication__
  
  __Acknowledgements__
  
  _Chapter 1 - The Friday before . . ._
  
  _Chapter 2_
  
  _Chapter 3_
  
  _Chapter 4_
  
  _Chapter 5_
  
  _Chapter 6_
  
  _Chapter 7_
  
  _Chapter 8_
  
  _Chapter 9_
  
  _Chapter 10_
  
  _Chapter 11_
  
  _Chapter 12_
  
  _Chapter 13_
  
  _Chapter 14_
  
  _Chapter 15_
  
  _Chapter 16_
  
  _Chapter 17_
  
  _Chapter 18_
  
  _Chapter 19_
  
  _Chapter 20_
  
  _Chapter 21_
  
  _Chapter 22_
  
  _Chapter 23_
  
  _Chapter 24_
  
  _Chapter 25_
  
  _Chapter 26_
  
  _Chapter 27_
  
  _Chapter 28_
  
  _Chapter 29_
  
  _Chapter 30_
  
  _Chapter 31_
  
  _Chapter 32_
  
  _Chapter 33_
  
  _Chapter 34_
  
  _Chapter 35_
  
  __The Inside-Out Knit Chemo Cap__
  
  ALSO BY SALLY GOLDENBAUM  
  
  _Death by Cashmere_  
  
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  OBSIDIAN  
  
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