This is an important book. Important for young men coming of age, struggling with their identities and wondering how to overcome life's difficulties. Important for young people who have no personal ex…
Incarceron is a brilliant addition to the dystopian canon. Its characters are utterly believable, the plot so unique that it comes as a breath of fresh air. The world inside the prison known as I…
Aria's mother passed away when she was twelve years old, and she has been raised by her father for the last five years. Her father is doing a terrible job of this so now she is in survival mode. Aria …
Prodigy is a strong sequel to Legend--better, maybe, than the first installment. This is a highly plausible dystopian tale that engages the reader from page one. Marie Lu writes about troubl…
Superb sports fiction writing! Author Paul Volponi captures the drive, intensity, personalities, and dynamics of basketball in his novel The Final Four. Volponi masterfully avoids two pitfalls that …
Book two of The Paladin Prophecy, Alliance, picks up seven months after book one. After Will and his roommates realize they have special abilities, they go to work trying to figure out where their abi…
"How much wickedness could you do in the service of good before it turned into pure evil?"
An excellent question and only one of many ethical questions posed by the novel The Lord of Opium.&nb…
Gerald N. Lund is the author of a large assortment of books. The Guardian: To Run with the Swift is book two in The Guardian series. It is highly recommended that readers start w…
Combine beautiful dancing, developing friendships, and a creepy mystery, and you've got an exciting story that's hard to put down. Megan Atwood does a great job hooking her readers into her stories wi…
Readers who love classic cars and tinkering will appreciate the details Author Stevens includes as Eddie fulfills his dream of fixing up his Camaro. There are a couple of moderately exciting races and…
Jeremy Johnson Johnson lives a quiet, simple life of schoolwork and seclusion in a bookstore that he and his father own. Having been dubbed as "weird" by other children in his town, he doesn't ha…
Luckily, author Jennifer E. Smith appears to be an incurable romantic--and that is extraordinarily good news for young adult readers. Smith's novel, This Is What Happy Looks Like, starts with a stran…
