Zack Norris starts this new adventure for the Double Detectives series by introducing the villain at the beginning of the book. Of course, he is creepy and reprehensible and the reader can sense…
Cold Justice is the sequel to River Whispers, but it works just fine as a stand-alone book. One of the best things about this story is how quickly the action starts. By the time chapter one is comple…
Author Lissa Evans had me hooked on page one of the wonderfully titled Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms. This book is an adventure and a mystery with fresh characters and an eclectic cast of …
Hold onto the edge of your seats: readers are in for a wild ride. The first few pages of Ice Station Zebra slowly introduce a few intrigues and seem to set the tone for a nice an…
In The Kissing Tree Georgiana is forced to discover herself as she must make the choice between being a country maiden, or a high society New Yorker. Her aunt would cringe if she knew how many social…
The Death Catchers is part small-town tale, part rollicking fantasy adventure, part Arthurian legend, and one hundred percent fun. I was drawn in by the book's conversational tone and unusual format—w…
Meet Kat, a cleverly believable fifteen-year-old sleuth in a cast of sassy characters on a mission to save Kat’s dad from a dark enemy with a bad reputation. As the daughter of a professional thief, …
Love. Betrayal. False Imprisonment. A Daring Escape. A Hidden Treasure. A Calculated Revenge. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas has it all. A classic among class…
Airborn is narrated by Matt Cruse, the 15 year-old protagonist and resourceful cabin boy on the airship Aurora. Set in a world that echoes ours, where oceans named the Pacificus and the Atlanticus are…
After reviewing the third book in this series, I sought out the first book to see how it measured up. I am delighted to report that The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade did not disappoint. Spy…
After reviewing the third book in this series, I sought out the first book to see how it measured up. I am delighted to report that The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade did not disappoint. Spy…
Refreshingly, Powerless is a superhero story about a truly ordinary hero. In this solidly-crafted story, the reader follows twelve year-old Daniel, the new kid in town, as he discovers that some of t…
