B Reviews / B+ Reviewsboarding school / family-reunion / fathers and daughters / grief / Love-Triangle / musician / New Hampshire / YA / Young-Adult10 Comments
Dear Ms. Bowen, I’ve enjoyed most of your NA novels; in my opinion, you write your strongest books when you focus on coming-of-age themes. So, when I saw that your first YA novel, The Accidentals, was out, I took a chance and bought it. It’s the summer before senior year ... more >
Book Reviews / C ReviewsFirst-Person / mental health / mental illness / YA / Young-AdultNo Comments
Secrets are con artists: they trick you into letting them out. Sadie loves her rocker boyfriend Henry and her running partner and best friend Lucie, but no one can measure up to her truest love and hero, the dazzling and passionate George. George, her secret. When something goes wrong and ... more >
Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsContemporary / First-Person / high-school / Musicians / Young-AdultComments Off on REVIEW: How You Ruined My Life by Jeff Strand
A new hilarious novel from the author of The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever and Stranger Things Have Happened. Rod’s life doesn’t suck. If you ask him, it’s pretty awesome. He may not be popular, but he and his best friends play in a band that has a standing gig. Yeah, ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewscurse / fairy tale retelling / strong heroine / Young-AdultComments Off on REVIEW: Fighting Sleep by Jenniffer Wardell
It’ll take more than true love’s kiss to break this curse. After years of trying to find a cure, Princess Elena feels like she’s made her peace with the century-long nap in her future. But when the curse threatens to come early and a rogue prince wants to hurry it ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsCivil-War / England / Henry II / Historical / Knights / medieval / War / Military / Young-Adult4 Comments
William D’Amory dreams of battle and glory… But since his father died defending King Stephen, there is no money to train him for knighthood. Instead he must tend the pigs while his family prays England’s bitter civil war will pass them by. Them comes a stranger on a secret mission, ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / Movies / short stories / Star Wars / Young-AdultComments Off on REVIEW: Kindred Spirits by Rainbow Rowell
When Elena decided to camp out for the next Star Wars movie, she was expecting a celebration, a communion — a line full of people who love Star Wars so much, they have to share it. She wasn’t expecting this: a freezing sidewalk, nowhere to pee, and three nights stuck ... more >
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 66
- Next Page »