by Site Owner | Jun 18, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's
By Deborah Hopkinson and John Hendrix Schwartz & Wade Books, $17.99, 32 pages A Boy Called Dickens by Deborah Hopkinson and John Hendrix tells the story of a poor twelve year old boy who works ten hours per day in a blackening factory and passes the time by...
by Site Owner | Jun 10, 2012 | Young Adult
By Kristen Simmons Starscape / Tor Teen, $17.99, 364 pages Kirsten Simmons’ first novel, Article 5, is a work that will be enjoyed by young people captivated by post-apocalyptic reads. Article 5 is set in a futuristic United States, and this future isn’t bright. A...
by Site Owner | May 23, 2012 | Young Adult
By Mary O’Connell Delecorte Press Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 240 pages Sandanista Jones of Kansas City is smart and sassy, but beneath a façade of wit and snark, her heart is broken. This is not your typical teen drama novel. Sandanista’s heart aches from...
by Site Owner | May 20, 2012 | Young Adult
By Meg Cabot Point, $17.99, 304 pages Meg Cabot continues to explore themes of love and mysticism in her new trilogy. Abandon is action-packed, peppered with excerpts from Dante Alighieri’s The Inferno and loose allusions to Greek mythology, specifically the story of...
by Site Owner | May 12, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Self-Help
By Liz Langley Viva Editions, $15.95, 262 pages Crazy Little Thing: Why Love and Sex Drive Us Mad is investigative journalist Liz Langley’s nation-wide investigation about the hearts and hormones that drive our romantic lives. Langley’s writing is concise, and...
