Bliss in the Morning Dew has hippie parents and when they ditch her at her grandmother’s house on their way to Canada she is forced to survive in a world that is completely alien to her. After living on a commune for years, Bliss expects high school to be like The Andy Griffith Show and [Keep Reading]
As a fan of apocalyptic science fiction, I was very excited to read GONE by Michael Grant. In the blink of an eye, everyone over the age of fourteen disappears. POOF! Teachers in the middle of a lesson, mothers preparing their babies’ bottles, people driving down the road – all just GONE! Panic begins to [Keep Reading]
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Karin is a vampire – she just isn’t like her other vampire family members. Whereas they drink the blood of humans for nourishment like traditional vampires, Karin has a problem with having too much blood in her body. Her blood constantly increases. It builds up faster the closer she is to a human with the [Keep Reading]
This week the topic is Magazines. Thanks to the Dewey Monster for some guiding questions. 1. Name of magazine. I subscribe to several magazines, but they are all from professional organizations except for “The Writer.” 2. Do you subscribe or just buy it now and then? I subscribe and have for several years. 3. What’s [Keep Reading]
I was extremely excited when I saw the Coraline in graphic novel form. When the book first came out I totally fell in love with it. For a children’s book, it was completely frightening. The graphic novel does a great job of hitting the high points of the story and the illustrations are great, but [Keep Reading]
Quentin and Margo have been next door neighbors for years. As young children they were very close, but grew apart as they got older. Margo became distant and both her and Quentin became interested in different things. So, when Margo appeared at Quentin’s bedroom window in the dead of night, dressed entirely in black, he [Keep Reading]
Hannah has just moved with her father to a new town AGAIN. She can’t understand how her father doesn’t understand that he can’t run from his problems. Once she gets settled someplace they seem to get into a financial situation that her father would run away from rather than solve. It never seems to work. [Keep Reading]
The Review for ZOMBIE BLONDES will be coming soon, but until then I’ll post this. I’m in a Creative Composition class for the first two weeks of July and I’m going to try and focus on using the visual arts in conjunction with young adult literature. So, this evening I tried to create an art [Keep Reading]
For those of you that are as much in love with the Mortal Instruments series as I am, you’ll be glad to know that the cover and date of release has been announced for the third book. City of Glass is the title and it should be available in March 2009. I can’t wait. If [Keep Reading]
