Author Brandon Sanderson is just having a good year and this time around young adult readers are the lucky recipients. In addition to The Rithmatist (see the Compass Book Ratings' revi…
After reading Alex Scarrow's first TimeRiders book I was happy to discover there were plenty more to read. The eighth book of the series was published in August of 2013 and The Eternal …
Ruby Wright is a sarcastic and funny teenager who is frustrated as she is forced to adjust to a new life. Her father recently re-married and moved them across the country, and if it isn't bad enough t…
Magic beanstalks, brooding princes, ghosts, and mad scientists—what's not to like? There were several things about the setup to As The Sun Sets that made me unsure about how much I was going…
Although At Midnight didn't capture my fancy quite as much as its predecessor, With A Kiss, I still thoroughly enjoyed Stephanie Fowers' brilliantly complex ride through half …
Julie Otsuka has perfectly captured the essence of Japanese-American culture in this beautiful, haunting story about internment during World War II. The story is sparsely told, but the language is lov…
As a long-time lover of fairytales, With A Kiss was just my kind of book! Weaving together several fairytales (oops—faerytales!) along with stories from Celtic and Gaelic mythology, Fowers' …
Inspired by Lord of the Rings and his daughter, author Michael J. Sullivan tells a tale that is fun, filled with action, and deadly serious in its scope.
The Theft of Swords is actua…
The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau is a young adult dystopian novel set in North America after a world war that has inflicted catastrophic damage to its ecosystem, infrastructure, environment, and coun…
Wow. What an incredibly heart-wrenching book. Bullying Under Attack not only addresses the issue of bullying from the perspective of those receiving the abuse, but also those doing it. In addition, th…
The light-hearted title Trash Can Days and its accompanying cover belie the dark and oft oppressive content between the novel's covers. Written from multiple points of view (main chara…
10 Great Souls I Want to Meet in Heaven is an educational book at its core. Extremely interesting and thought provoking, Michael Wilcox examines the lives of ten individuals who exhibi…
