Tag Archives: YA fiction
Book review: ‘Girl Unmoored’ by Jennifer Gooch Hummer
Sometimes a novel hops into your lap, looks into your weary eyes and wraps its little paper arms around you. The hug from this book feels so real, so good that you never want to part with it — and … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘Cinder’ by Marissa Meyer
You can’t bump around the reading world lately without seeing mention of Marissa Meyer’s Cinder, a new dystopian novel placing a pot of cyborgs, magical powers and evil stepmothers on simmer. If you’re a fan of “Cinderella,” that most classic of … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘Across The Universe’ by Beth Revis
Amy Martin is only 17 years old when she follows her parents into a frozen state of slumber, pledging to end her life on Earth in order to wake up in 300 years on a new planet. Along with scores … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘The Future of Us’ by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler
In 1996, teenagers are just starting to get wind of something called the Internet. Apparently a place where ideas are shared, “websites” are loaded and mail is sent electronically, the web is a place that beckons high school classmates and … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘It’s Not Summer Without You’ by Jenny Han
This is the second book in a three-book series. May contain spoilers. Where once Belly looked forward to summer with breathless anticipation, nothing is the same this year. After the death of Susannah, her mother’s best friend and Belly’s second … Continue reading
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