by Megan Stevens | Jan 11, 2019 | Action & Adventure, Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, Tweens
A. P. Winter’s middle grade, fantasy novel, The Boy Who Went Magic, is a tale of ancient magic, a scheming royal prince, adventurers, a boy learning how to be brave, and flying ships. Bert, an orphan who grew up at a boarding school, goes on a field trip with his...
by Megan Stevens | Jul 19, 2018 | Action & Adventure, Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Mystery, Crime & Thriller, Young Adult
Ally Carter’s suspenseful thriller, Not If I Save You First, is a young adult novel that combines action, adventure, and survival as well as the elements of friendship and hope. Madeleine (Maddie) Rose Manchester is the daughter of a Secret Service agent who protects...
by Eric Stalker | Jul 17, 2018 | Action & Adventure, Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Science Fiction, Sponsored, Young Adult
Kacey Edwards yearns to find a way to break free from the small town she has known her entire life. Her hopes of becoming a veterinarian and finally escaping from her broken family are constantly shaken by the reality that her family cannot afford to pay for even the...
by Barbara Cothern | Nov 22, 2017 | Action & Adventure, Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, NW Publishers, Portland Publishers, Sponsored, Uncategorized, Young Adult
Try lives with his mother, sister, and two brothers in a small house in a village by the sea. Try’s father vanished at sea several years prior, but Try is not lonely because he has two good friends: Tallest, a large oak tree in the woods, and Hope, a star who watches...
by L Ruby Hannigan | Sep 26, 2017 | Action & Adventure, Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction
War Cry is a Courtney Family epic, the fifteenth novel in the series. New in this series is Saffron Courtney, daughter of Leon Courtney, the big-game hunter in Africa. In this post war story, Saffron is growing into an inquisitive young lady who rides horses like the...
by Addison Fleming | May 12, 2017 | Action & Adventure, Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Science Fiction
Polly and her twin brother, Charles, live among other Earth transplants on one of Earth’s many off-world colonies on Mars. Polly fears her plans of becoming a pilot are ruined when her mother, the director of the Mars Colony, forces them to attend school on Earth....
