Amber needs a day to herself. She knows her parents and best friend are going to be worried sick thinking she is running away, but it can’t be helped. Too much has changed and she can’t stand the thought of putting on a happy face in front of everyone knowing what she has to do [Keep Reading]
In the same vein as Teach Me by R.A. Nelson and Boy Toy by Barry Lyga, Lurlene McDaniel writes PREY, the story of a fifteen-year-old boy who gets involved with his much older female teacher. This is a very short book told in alternating chapters by Ryan (the young man), Lori (the teacher), and Honey [Keep Reading]
When Neal’s best friend, Danny, is caught reading the latest release in The Adventures of Apathea Ravenchilde series he is sent to military school (the announcement at dinner that he is gay probably adds to that decision, too). His mother doesn’t think that is enough though and decides to try and save all the people [Keep Reading]
Kevin Johnson got himself into trouble. He was caught in the middle of the night in a stolen car with a girl that had clearly been crying. When asked over and over what he was doing and why he stole the car and tried to kidnap the girl he can only shrug. Kevin doesn’t feel [Keep Reading]
WICKED IS GOOD. That is so hard for Thomas to believe – even though Teresa told him it’s true. THE DEATH CURE starts where THE SCORCH TRIALS left off. Thomas is in the custody of WICKED. He is alone in an isolated room without any personal contact that it makes it hard to remember how [Keep Reading]
Reychel has always lived in the castle as the king’s slave, but even among all the other slaves she is treated differently. She is the only one granted brief audiences with the king and while others may whisper of the inappropriateness of the king meeting alone with a slave, it is really quite innocent. The [Keep Reading]
Imagine a world where water is virtually GONE. Drinkable water is controlled by the powerful. The everyday people are left dry and thirsty all the time. They are lucky to get the government-issued desalinated water. This is water that comes from the ocean but is run through a purification process to remove the minerals and [Keep Reading]
Amelia is a lost and wandering spirit. She’s lost track of the years she has spent hanging around the scene of her death. Amelia relives her drowning over and over in strange nightmare-like flashbacks that send her into unconsciousness. She always wakes up in a cemetery. Assuming it is where she is buried, she runs away [Keep Reading]
DROUGHT is about a girl named Ruby who lives as a slave with her mother and the other followers of Otto. She is approximately 200-years-old as are the others in her group. The water they drink gives them extended life. They are enslaved by Darwin West, an evil, greedy man who is in love with [Keep Reading]
In SISTERS RED Jackson Pearce put a new twist on the story of the Little Red Riding Hood. This time she is taking on Hansel and Gretel. I was extremely excited when I saw this ARC at a booth at the NCTE Conference and quickly grabbed it up when I got the chance. Now, I [Keep Reading]
