Focused: Keeping Your Life On Track, One Choice at a Time is an excellent motivational read. Written by Olympic silver medalist Noelle Pikus Pace, the book's tone is incredibly warm and inviting. Made…
The Sharp Sisters-Make Something of It is the first of five books in a new series by Stephanie Perry Moore. Each book in the series focuses on one of the five high school-aged daughters of a mayo…
I grew up hearing my mom talk about her interest in the Romanov family, and Anastasia in particular, about whom rumors fly that she has been spotted here and there throughout the world. Anastasia has …
I have very mixed feelings about this book. The artwork is fantastic, and the story is a delightful trip down memory lane. Having grown up in California myself, I loved the visual imagery and relived …
One can't help comparing Gone to Lord of the Flies (see publisher's note), but there's a lot more to this exciting story than kids left alone and turning violent. Throw in a little…
Ruins, book two in the Pathfinder Series, picks up practically mid-sentence where Pathfinder ended. There is no pause in the narrative and no backstory reminders; it is essential …
Author Elizabeth May's debut novel, The Falconer, really should come with a warning to readers: May create an unrealistic desire to acquire a loyal charismatic pixie friend who lives i…
Thalli has known most of her life that she is different but she's always had to hide those differences for survival purposes. She's now a teenager who has accidentally been caught doing something that…
Gene Luen Yang's storytelling is both witty and poignant--a perfect combination for Green Turtle's tale of mishap and underdog victory. Along with Sonny Liew's fantastic artwork, this graphic novel br…
It all begins when four youth take a mission trip to Costa Verde with their pastor on what was expected to be an uneventful yet fulfilling visit. They've accomplished their goal and are just about to …
Take Cinderella, one of the best fairytales of all time, but fast forward into the future with androids and cyborgs and you have Cinder. Meyer kept the story true enough to the original that…
Breathe a big sigh of relief because author Veronica Rossi manages to pull off a successful conclusion to her trilogy--a rare feat. (However, the cover for the third book is still misrepresentat…
