Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret StohlHardcover: 9780316042673, Hachette, $17.99Lena Duchannes is forever the new girl in town, jumping from place to place to conceal her power and the curse on her family. Ethan Wate is forever a townie, determined to leave yet fated to always be a part of Gatlin, South Carolina. Lena longs … Continue reading Book Review: Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
Category: Genre: YA/teen books
Book Review: Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
Jellicoe Roadby Melina MarchettaHardcover: 9780061431838, HarperTeen, $17.99Paperback: 9780061431852, HarperTeen, $8.99This post was originally published here in August 2008. A few alterations have been made to the version posted on Afterthoughts...Every time I read this book, I cry. I am not generally a crier. Yes, tears welled at the news of Walter in Rilla of Ingleside … Continue reading Book Review: Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
Book Review: The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller
The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller9781595143082, Penguin, $18.99, Pub. Date: August 2010I admit I don't tend to like lovey-dovey YA, but Haven's voice, and that of her gay best friend Beau, kept me hanging in there. As did the unique premise –love as the cause for reincarnation.Haven Moore lives in Tennessee but can describe New … Continue reading Book Review: The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller
Book Review: You by Charles Benoit
Youby Charles Benoit9780061947049, $16.99, Harper, Pub. Date: August 2010You is a powerful, searing work of realistic teen fiction. The title comes from its second-person point-of-view narrator; a voice that makes the work immediately accessible by encouraging the reader to become the main character.The main character is sophomore Kyle Chase. He's smart, but took a wrong … Continue reading Book Review: You by Charles Benoit
Book Review: The False Princess by Eilis O’Neal
The False Princess by Eilis O'Neal 9781606840795, $16.99, Egmont (Random House), Pub. Date: July 2010 This debut novel was a delight! Very strong writing, a satisfactory conclusion, love, danger, intrigue, magic, a prophecy, and three princesses. After turning sixteen, Princess Nalia of Thorvaldor learns she is not the true heir. A prophecy made before her … Continue reading Book Review: The False Princess by Eilis O’Neal
Book Review: Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta
Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta 9780763643614, $18.99, CandlewickI love Melina Marchetta's writing. As proof, I offer up my former post concerning (also by her) at my bookstore's blog here, as well as the fact that I read Jellicoe Road a couple of times a year and sob my way through it each time, … Continue reading Book Review: Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta
Book Review: Mistwood by Leah Cypess
Mistwoodby Leah Cypess9780061956997, $16.99, Greenwillow Books (Harper), Pub. Date: May 2010Isabel doesn't remember her life before they came for her. She was living in the forest, that much she knows, and apparently, not as a human. The new king (Rokan) and his brother (Will) found her there. The king's sister (Clarisse) does not approve. The … Continue reading Book Review: Mistwood by Leah Cypess
Reimagined Fairy Tales – YA article
Hi all,Here's an article I received today from the Macmillan Kids e-newsletter. Thought you all might find it interesting. It's about reimagining/retelling fairy tales for the YA audience.Enjoy! - Rebecca Author Heather Tomlinson DiscussesFairy Tales for a New GenerationSpoiler alert: Cinderella goes to the ball! Beauty saves the Beast! Old news, right? And yet, like … Continue reading Reimagined Fairy Tales – YA article
Three Short Book Reviews
Here are three short book reviews I've been meaning to get to.All three books are teen reads. Two are sci-fi/fantasy, one is action-adventure. All three books have strong male and female characters. Though I hate to "gender" books, I will say that the third book, The Devil's Breath, is great for teenage guys, in particular. … Continue reading Three Short Book Reviews
Book Review: Worldshaker by Richard Harland
Worldshaker by Richard Harland Hardcover: 9781416995524, Simon & Schuster, $16.99, Pub. Date: May 2010 Tween read: Ages 10-14 More steam-punk to add to your list!Worldshaker is a constantly traveling machine known as a juggernaut, the size of a small city. Classes exist within a rigid hierarchy complete with regal figureheads Queen Victoria and her consort … Continue reading Book Review: Worldshaker by Richard Harland
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