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Category Archives: YA
Review: Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
I read and adored Seraphina when it was released in hardcover, so when I was approached to review it on this blog, I couldn’t say no. Hartman has created a world like none other. While it is technically a Young Adult … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasty, Kid-Lit/Middle Grade, Review, YA
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Review: Compulsion by Martina Boone
Series: Heirs of Watson Island Hardcover: 448 pages Publisher: Simon Pulse (October 28, 2014) ISBN: 9781481411226 Source: Personal copy After her mother passes away, Barrie Watson is sent to live with her aunt at to her mother’s childhood home at an old … Continue reading
Posted in Mystery/Suspense, Paranormal Fiction, Review, Simon Pulse, YA
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Review: Sanctum by Madeleine Roux
Series: Asylum Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: HarperCollins (August 26, 2014) ISBN: 9780062220998 Source: Library Dan, Abby, and Jordan are still traumatized after the summer they spent at New Hampshire College Prep, formerly Brookline asylum. Despite their attempts to return to their “normal” … Continue reading
Posted in Harper Collins Publishers, Harper Teen, Horror, Review, YA
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Review: The Doubt Factory by Paolo Bacigalupi
Hardcover: 496 pages Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (October 14, 2014) ISBN: 9780316220750 Source: Publisher Alix is a high school senior who lives a privileged life. She has the all the right clothes and attends an prominent private … Continue reading
Posted in Little, Brown Young Readers, Review, Thriller, YA
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Guest Review: The Islands at the End of the World by Austin Aslan
Age Range: 12 and up Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books (August 5, 2014) ISBN: 9780385744027 Source: Publisher Sixteen-year-old Leilani and her father travel from their small island town to the Big Island of Hawaii to Oahu to seek … Continue reading
Posted in Dystopian fiction, Random House, Review, YA
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Review: Mary: The Summoning by Hillary Monahan
Age Range: 12 – 18 years, 7-12th grade Series: Bloody Mary Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Disney-Hyperion (September 2, 2014) ISBN: 9781423185192 Everyone is familiar with the Bloody Mary urban legend. Teenage friends Jess, Shauna, Kitty, and Anna have researched the … Continue reading
Posted in Disney-Hyperion, Horror, Review, Supernatural, YA
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Frightful Friday: Conversion by Katherine Howe
Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. This week’s featured title is Conversion by Katerine Howe: Age Range: 12 and up Hardcover: 432 pages Publisher: Putnam … Continue reading
Posted in Frightful Friday, Mystery/Suspense, Putnam Juvenile, Review, Supernatural, YA
Tagged Salem witch trials
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Review: Liv, Forever by Amy Talkington (Audiobook)
Listening Length: 7 hours and 17 minutes Program Type: Audiobook Version: Unabridged Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. (March 11, 2014) Source: Publisher, via Audiobook Jukebox Liv Bloom, a foster child, is thrilled when she obtains a scholarship to attend Wickham Hall, a school … Continue reading
Posted in Blackstone Audio, Review, Soho Teen, Supernatural, Thriller, YA
Tagged haunting, murder, private school
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Short Review: The Way We Fall & The Lives We Lost by Megan Crewe
Following are short reviews/commentary on two of the books I read during the readathon! The Way We Fall by Megan Crewe Age Range: 12 – 18 years Series: Fallen World (Book 1) Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Disney-Hyperion (February 5, 2013) … Continue reading
Posted in Disney-Hyperion, Dystopian fiction, Review, YA
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Audiobook Review: Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
Age Range: 10 and up Publisher: HarperCollins; Unabridged edition (April 10, 2007) ISBN-10: 0061341045 Source: Personal copy Twelve-year-old Stephanie is confused when, after her eccentric uncle passes away, she is on the list to attend the reading of the will. … Continue reading
