Buy Don’t Breathe A Word by Holly Cupala Special: $8.49 (Regular price: $8.99) Publisher: Harper Teen Format: Paperback Reviewer: Melissa on January 26, 2011 Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Joy Delamore can’t breathe. She’s suffering from asthma, from her parent’s over protectiveness, and from her boyfriend, Asher, who is smothering the girl she is [...]
Realistic Teen Fiction
Irises by Francisco X. Stork
Buy Irises by Francisco X. Stork Special: $14.02(Regular price: $17.99) Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books Format: Hardcover Reviewer: Melissa on January 24, 2011 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Readers of contemporary YA will be familiar with the writing of Francisco X. Stork. His novel, Marcelo In The Real World, made a splash in the [...]
Fantasy Books For Young Adults
Tempest by Julie Cross
Buy Tempest by Julie Cross Special: $10.49 (Regular price: $17.99) Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Format: Hardcover Reviewer: Melissa on January 17, 2011 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Jackson hadn’t planned on going anywhere, so he assumed that he’d have all the time in the world with his girlfriend Holly. That is, until time takes [...]
Realistic Teen Fiction
My Beating Teenage Heart by C.K. Kelly Martin
Buy My Beating Teenage Heart by C.K. Kelly Martin Special: $12.40 (Regular price: $16.54) Publisher: Random House Books For Young Readers Format: Hardcover Reviewer: Melissa on January 5, 2011 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Sometimes an author’s reputation precedes them – with Canadian YA author, C.K. Kelly Martin, that was certainly the case for [...]
Realistic Teen Fiction
The Disreputable History Of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Buy The Disreputable History Of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart Special: $14.92 (Regular price: $19.13) Publisher: Turtleback Books Format: Paperback Reviewer: Melissa on December 27, 2011 Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars At 14, Frances Landau-Banks was the kind of girl, who didn’t stand out in any way at a highly competitive boarding school, even [...]
Realistic Teen Fiction
First Day On Earth by Cecil Castellucci
Buy First Day On Earth Special: $13.53 (Regular price: $17.99) Publisher: Scholastic Press Format: Hardcover Reviewer: Melissa on December 19, 2011 Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars “You think you know what I am, the kid slumped in his chair in the back row, with greasy hair, wearing all black.” This is the way begins; [...]
Realistic Teen Fiction
But I Love Him by Amanda Grace
Buy But I Love Him Special: $16.49 (Regular price: $16.99) Publisher: Flux Format: Paperback Reviewer: Melissa on December 13, 2011 Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Ann only met Conner one year ago, but over the course of the last 12 months everything in her life has changed. But I Love Him is the story [...]
Dystopian YA Fiction
Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan
Buy Glow Special: $10.49 (Regular price: $17.99) Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin Format: Hardcover Reviewer: Melissa on October 18, 2011 Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Glow is being hailed as “the most riveting series since The Hunger Games and called “utterly engrossing” by Lauren Myracle, but I was a little skeptical. Dystopian YA is always [...]
Middle Grade Fiction
The Whole Truth by Kit Pearson
Buy The Whole Truth Regular price: $10.65 Publisher: Harper Collins Canada Format: Paperback Reviewer: Melissa on October 11, 2011 Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth may be the stuff of crime dramas, but in beloved, Canadian author, Kit Pearson‘s latest novel, they make up an [...]
YA Gothic Lit
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
Buy The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer Special: $12.74 (Regular price: $16.99) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover Reviewer: Melissa on Sept 13, 2011 Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars When Mara Dyer wakes up in a hospital room, she has no idea how she got there. She can explain neither how her friends and boyfriend [...]
