by Mindy McGinnis | Sep 21, 2016 | Young Adult
Desperately Seeking Nancy Drew I’m a collector at heart, something that has caused me no small amount of trouble when it comes to books. I started young, maniacally memorizing the order of the Black Stallion series, double-checking that my many-colored...
by Danuta Reah | Aug 17, 2016 | Young Adult
Book Review: RIVER OF INK: GENESIS By Helen Dennis London: Hodder Children’s Books, 2016. $10.00 Some of the most interesting and innovative writers working today are writing for the young adult market. A market that once leaned towards wish-fulfillment stories and...
by Danuta Reah | Aug 11, 2016 | Young Adult
Book Review: LOCK AND MORI By Heather W. Petty Sherlock Holmes is big right now. To be frank, he never went away. Every few years, a new TV version, or a new movie, brings the character back to life, along with his long-suffering sidekick/good, wise friend, Watson....
by Danuta Reah | Jul 24, 2016 | Young Adult
Book Review: THE SEARCH FOR THE HOMESTEAD TREASURE: A MYSTERY By Ann Treacy Minneapolis: University Of Minnesota Press, 2016. $16.95 The title of Ann Treacy’s The Search for the Homestead Treasure sounds as though the early Famous Five have sprung back into action in...
by Danuta Reah | Apr 24, 2016 | Reviews, Young Adult
HOLLOW CITY By Ransom Riggs Narrated by Kirby Heyborne CD: Blackstone Audio, 2014. (11 hrs, 39 mins) $29.95 Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, the first installment of Ransom Riggs’ Peculiar Children series, was a surprise best-seller in 2011. Like many of...
by Jordan Foster | Dec 24, 2015 | Young Adult
I’LL GIVE YOU THE SUN By Jandy Nelson New York: Dial, 2014. $13.64 Family secrets, betrayal, and an all-encompassing love for art serve as the catalysts in Jandy Nelson’s I’ll Give You the Sun, which introduces readers to estranged twins Noah and Jude. Told in...
