Tag Archives: young adult
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: ‘How To Save A Life’ by Sara Zarr
Jill MacSweeney thinks her mother is delusional when she unveils a plan to change their family forever: adopting a baby. The child in question comes with pregnant Mandy Kalinowski, a pretty girl with a hardscrabble life in Nebraska. The MacSweeneys … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘The Last Little Blue Envelope’ by Maureen Johnson
It’s been months since Ginny Blackstone left Greece without the final of a series of envelopes from her beloved Aunt Peg — a collection of instructions that took her on a cross-European adventure and got her break out of her … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘Glow’ by Amy Kathleen Ryan
For Waverly Marshall and hundreds of other children and teens, life aboard the space vessel Empyrean is their entire world. Their days are spent assisting their parents with agriculture and attending school, learning about Earth and what life was like … 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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