B+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsCalifornia / Contemporary / Movies / surfing / YA2 Comments
Dear Jenn Bennett, I’d heard such good things about Alex, Approximately so I borrowed it from my local library. Even though I’m not a big fan of paper books these days, it was totally worth it. Bailey Rydell is 17. Her parents are divorced and she’s been living in Washington ... more >
B+ Reviews / Need A Rec! / Recommended Readscommunity / friendship / magical powers / Nigeria / POC / YA fantasy6 Comments
Dear Ms. Okorafor, Twelve-year-old Sunny Nwazue is fascinated by candles. In Nigeria, where Sunny lives, the electrical company turns off the lights at night, and Sunny keeps candles in her bedroom in case she needs light. One night, she lights such a candle and it shows her something—a vision of ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads19th century / Acting / actor/actress / American historical / Historical / slavery3 Comments
NOTE: This has been published in the UK as “The Floating Theatre” Set aboard a nineteenth century riverboat theater, this is the moving, page-turning story of a charmingly frank and naive seamstress who is blackmailed into saving runaways on the Underground Railroad, jeopardizing her freedom, her livelihood, and a new ... more >
B Reviews Category / Book ReviewsFantasy / greek mythology / LGBT characters / YANo Comments
Dear Rick Riordan, I reviewed the first book in this series here at DA, and I enjoyed this story as well, but looking through the review of the first one I realized just how much harder it will be to write this review without the spoilers because I think ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / disabled character / eating disorders / Interracial / librarian / Libraries / Maryland5 Comments
AN ADMIRER WITH A SECRET . . . Mary Higgs could be the poster girl for the buttoned-up librarian. She follows the rules. Stays ’til closing. Her kindness and dedication to her patrons is legendary. But those patrons have no idea what she’s typing to the mysterious shut-in who emailed ... more >
Book Reviews / C+ Reviewsasexual character / class differences / demisexual / Fantasy / LGBTQ fiction / short-story1 Comments
While en route to Princess Ava’s royal wedding, Ava’s maid blackmails her into trading places by revealing a terrible family secret. Shocked and confused, the newly-demoted Ava tends the palace geese alongside Konrad, a cheerful, ambitious young man who is most at home in the outdoors. And as Ava learns ... more >
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