by Amy Lukavics | Mar 2, 2017 | Blog Article, Young Adult
The Horror of it…The Top Death Scenes in Fiction SPOILER WARNING: This post contains spoilers for A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay, The Troop by Nick Cutter, The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, Hannibal by Thomas Harris, A New Fear by RL Stine,...
by StrandMag | Feb 20, 2017 | Films, Young Adult
DVD Review– Zootopia The children’s mystery genre is sadly under-explored, with very few decent movies revolving around crimes. Of course, children’s entertainment shouldn’t center around murder, rape, and other violent atrocities, but properly designed, relatively...
by Jane Corry | Dec 22, 2016 | Blog Article, Young Adult
Scary children don’t always have to draw blood. They can send shivers down your spine. They might make you question your own morals. They are manipulative. Or they terrify you because they are so naive and you fear for the consequences....
by Linda Fairstein | Nov 21, 2016 | Blog Article, Young Adult
Stuck on Nancy Drew: Timeless Classics for Readers of All Ages (Linda Fairstein in her article “Stuck on Nancy Drew: Timeless Classics for Readers of All Ages” goes down memory lane and explores the lure of the books that have been by millions of fans for...
by Jennifer Lynn Barnes | Nov 7, 2016 | Young Adult
TOP TEN MONSTROUS PROTAGONISTS I love protagonists who have a bit of monster in them, be it a literal demon or darker impulses they have to deal with on a daily basis. These ten monstrous protagonists show us what it means to be human and highlight the key role that...
by Ryan Graudin | Oct 31, 2016 | Young Adult
How Magic, Fantasy, and Mysteries Intersect… Growing up, I read several genres from fantasy, magic, and myteries. The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander and Brian Jacques’s Redwall series were some of my fantasy staples. Stepping on the Cracks by...
