The Truth and Lies of Ella Black begins with an eerie timeline on the edge of the page with a chart that seems to be a timeline saying "40 days until she dies". As the book progresses and th…
The Lost Tide Warriors is book two of the series entitled Storm Keeper and is full of adventure. At times the story felt unclear so it is probably best that you start with book one, Storm Ke…
Hellboy tells the story of an unlikely hero who fights against the forces of darkness, even though he looks like he would be a better fit fighting alongside them. In this graphic novel, the prota…
Mimi Yu dives deep into the world of the mystical, magical, and treacherous in The Girl King. The first in what I am sure will be a series of books highlighting girl power and can-do attitu…
We Are Here to Stay is a non-fiction account of a handful of teenagers and young adults who all have one thing in common. They came or stayed in this country illegally. Some remain he…
As a prequel to the book series Mortal Engines, Night Flights is a set of three short stories about the adventures of aviatrix, Anna Fang, a character from Mortal Engines. This pro…
I remember when the first book in the Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children Series was first published, and how unique and cool I found it. A book for teens about weird kids who had special abilities? An…
Not all award-winning books deserve their accolades, but in this case, Long Way Down deserves its long list of awards. This contemporary young adult novel is written in verse--which is…
The Eyes of the Dragon is Stephen King's most notable foray into the genre of literature for young readers. It was originally written for his daughter, who was thirteen at the time and had no int…
In his most recent book, On Blood Road, Steve Watkins takes readers on a tour of the Ho Chi Minh Trail, shown through the eyes of a young American who had lived a sheltered life of privilege prior to …
Imagine for a moment living in a United States where it is illegal to have a sibling. Not only is it illegal to have a sibling, it's illegal to do pretty much anything that marks you as an indiv…
The Grand Escape was an excellent nonfiction narrative of the greatest prison escape of WWI. It takes the viewpoint of multiple prisoners of war, and describes how they collaborated with each oth…
