ECHO is a tragic and heart-wrenching tale of loss and one brother’s experience of dealing with the post-traumatic stress following the incident that takes his younger brother’s life. It’s been a year since Justin’s younger brother, Mark, died from an accidental gun shot to the head. Both boys were watching TV in their parents’ bedroom [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]
In this dystopian world life is hard – especially for young women. Unknown complications with genetic engineering has left the offspring of one generation, and consequently, all future generations with one major problem – a drastically reduced life span. Men die at twenty-five and women at twenty. Death isn’t easy either. The person suffers from [Keep Reading]
Jane goes to a party on the Jersey Short expecting to have fun with her friends and a romantic night with her boyfriend. Instead she is run down by a car and left for dead – tangled in a rosebush on the side of the road. Waking up in the hospital, Jane realizes she has [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]
First Published in 1995 Let me start out by saying, please please please read the other two books in the series before you pick up this one. THE KILLING FROST, also called The Third Day, The Frost in some places, is the third book in the Tomorrow Series. Ellie and her friends are in much [Keep Reading]
First Published in 1994 THE DEAD OF NIGHT is the second book in the amazing Tomorrow Series. It picks up where TOMORROW, WHEN THE WAR BEGAN ends and is just as exciting! Ellie and her friends continue to battle against unknown invaders. They are forced to act like a military force without any of the [Keep Reading]
Atheneum – February 9, 2010 NOTHING by Janne Teller is a dark and disturbing story of a group of Danish seventh graders who are forced to define “meaning.” When one of their classmates leaves school one day after he announces, “Nothing matters,” they pull together to find a way to prove he is wrong. The [Keep Reading]
EgmontUSA – March 23, 2010 It’s been thirty years since the first plague swept through the world, killing the majority of the males on the planet. Being the only ones left to put the world back together, the women become the leaders of the world and the people with the most influence in society. Women [Keep Reading]
Harcourt Children’s Books – April 1, 2010 A year has passed since a meteor collided with the moon, sending it closer to the earth, and forever changing the world. In LIFE AS WE KNEW IT, Miranda chronicles the events her family experiences as they struggle for survival during dramatic weather changes, loss of friends, and [Keep Reading]
