I must have inherited my fascination with the Holocaust from my mother. Whenever a new book chronicling any kind of history about the camps or a person involved in the Holocaust is published, it is al…
This classic has been on the top of everyone's "To Read" lists for 55 years. Since there is a sequel coming this summer, everyone again has the opportunity to either pick this book up for the first ti…
Author Julie Kagawa takes the traditional fantasy creature, the dragon, and inserts it into a contemporary setting in the young adult fantasy novel Talon. There is a melding of the myth with evil con…
Balak, Bastien Vivès, and Michaël Sanlaville are a formidable trio. As an animator, comic creator, and game designer, they come together to prove Japanese manga isn't all there is in the world. French…
Many of the people that interested in this review will be parents looking into this book for their children. Children who are obsessed with this game called Minecraft--which is still quite confusing t…
If you're looking for a quick read with a little romance and a spunky protagonist, look no further. Janette Rallison's Just One Wish fits the bill perfectly. At first glance, the book might …
Sophie is a junior in high school but has had adult responsibilities most of her life. Her mom is bipolar and frequently forgets her medications. The author begins the novel with her mom's attem…
A well-written, honest approach designed for adolescents dealing with a parent's cancer, My Parent Has Cancer and It Really Sucks, is written by father-daughter duo Maya and Marc Silver.
With invit…
Stronger Than You Know is a heartbreaking, eye-opening story about a sixteen year old girl that has endured abuse at the hands of her mother for many years. The author, Jolene Perry, describes the em…
Jacqueline Woodson's writing is so beautiful and moving that I want to read everything she writes. This is a truly gifted author. Told through the two main characters' points of view, the story of Mia…
No stranger to the middle grade fiction circuit, Kat Falls emerges on the YA scene with Inhuman. The first book in a series arranged to be a trilogy encompasses science fiction, fantasy, and dyst…
Maggie Hall, debut author of The Conspiracy of Us, initially asks a lot of her readers. The reader is asked to make a enormous leap in accepting the plausibility of protagonist Avery's initial decisi…
