Ruben knew exactly when it happened. He was sitting in the backseat of an old Mercedes in his family’s salvage yard when the feeling came over him. Ruben often left his own body and could attach himself to others. He could sense their thoughts and emotions. This is what happened when he felt his sister, [Keep Reading]
Do you have something you’d like to forget? A memory too difficult to recall? Have no fear, TFC can take care of your problem. Nora is about to experience her first visit to TFC (Therapeutic Forgetting Clinic). Her parents are insisting she go after witnessing a horrible terrorist attack. Nora can’t seem to get [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]
Godspeed is an amazing technological development. A vast spaceship able to sustain the life of thousands of people for three hundred years. Amy, along with her parents and others from Sol Earth, were cryogenically frozen, expecting to wake up when the Godspeed arrived on a new planet 300 years later. When Amy’s cryogenic chamber is [Keep Reading]
Benson Fisher has finally found the educational experience he’s been looking for. As a foster kid who has been bounced from home to home for all of his life, he’s never had a chance to stay at a school for very long. He wants to make something out of his life. He wants to learn. [Keep Reading]
Little Brown – April 2011 Neva lives with her mother and father under the Protectosphere – an electronically charged dome that covers and protects the population. The Homeland tells the people there is nothing beyond the Protectosphere except an unliveable wasteland. Young people are encouraged to get married and have children in order to increase [Keep Reading]
Imagine a world where there are only women and men are considered criminals. On an island called Foundland, Keller is a teenager training to be a Tracker. Trackers are expert archers and equestrians and meant to protect the shores of their island from the enemy – men. Foundland is run by a group of powerful [Keep Reading]
Walker Books for Young Readers – February 2, 2010 Lucy lives in conditions many people can’t even imagine. The kitchen is unusable, there isn’t any hot water in the house, and the furnace is broken. There are piles and piles of papers, plastic bags, and boxes littering every corner of the house. In order to [Keep Reading]
Young Adult books are filled with turmoil and angst. Secrets are a big part of teenage life. I’ve read some great books that share a theme – the characters all have something to hide. In some instances, the secret is something they wish they could scream from the top of the rooftops, but in others [Keep Reading]
