Bud is nervous about starting at his new school and running late on the first day isn’t helping ease his fears at all. Lucky for him, the bus rolls up right after he gets to the bus stop. It doesn’t take long for him to realize something is strange though. All the students look really [Keep Reading]
Kibuishi (creator of AMULET) is the editor of this graphic novel short story collection. Each story is very different, both in artistic style and subject matter. The common thread that connects each of these stories is a box – not the same box, but a box of some kind. There are 7 stories included in [Keep Reading]
I’ve been thinking about Science Fiction a lot lately. I’ve always been the type of person to go through reading phases. In approximately 2000 I remember I was in a Historical Fiction phase. I couldn’t get enough of Jean Fritz’s novels. I loved books set in Colonial Times and the Revolutionary War.
Imagine a world where there are no racial differences. Everyone looks exactly the same, with a blending of Caucasian, Asian, African American, and Hispanic American features. This is the world that Dirk Tyrone, Keiko Tan, Mateo Rodriquez, and Nicci Golden are born into. The minute they are born, they are in immediate danger. They are [Keep Reading]
Picture, if you will, life in the year 2076. You are living in The United Safer States of America and things such as obesity, verbal abuse, and dangerous activities are against the law. The legal driving age is twenty-six. Even sports such as football are illegal. Sports that are allowed are hindered due to all [Keep Reading]
Jack’s father has always been a perfectionist, but lately, his need to control every aspect of the family’s life has stepped up a notch. Mr. Barrett, Jack’s dad, has been offered a wonderful opportunity with the company he works for, the Eden Corporation. Eden owns a gated village in Paradise, a nearby town, where only [Keep Reading]
If only she had her driver’s license. If only she wasn’t afraid to drive. If only Jen hadn’t gotten too drunk to drive home. If only she hadn’t called Nick to come and get her. If only… If only… Kathleen’s life is altered on the night she goes to a party where her best friend [Keep Reading]
Robert Smith was waiting for the nurse to call him into the doctor’s office to prepare him for his scheduled endoscopy, not realizing it would be the last normal day in his life. Once called into the office, Robert was put under anesthetic and doctors went about putting a tube down his throat in order [Keep Reading]
My first attempt at a Thinglink. Still deciding if I like it or not.
Juliette has been locked in a small cell completely alone for almost a year. Isolation is all she knows. For 264 days she has been silent. For 264 days she hasn’t touched anyone. 264 days without information. 264 days without knowing what is going to happen. 264 days of wishing she was dead. Without warning [Keep Reading]
