Category Archives: Romance

“Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass”

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Victoria Waddle

Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina You’d think that this was just a titillating title for a silly girl-drama book. But you’d be wrong. Yaqui Delgado wants to Kick Your Ass is a really good … Continue reading →

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“Ask the Passengers”

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Victoria Waddle

Ask the Passengers by A. S. King Astrid Jones isn’t sure that her love is acceptable to anyone. She has a lot of it to give, but to whom? While she’s deciding—and deciding takes many months—she spends her odd free … Continue reading →

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“Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe”

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Victoria Waddle

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz When they meet and Dante teaches Aristotle to swim, they laugh over their classical names—their pocho names, they think, because are real Mexicans named after philosophers … Continue reading →

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Ontario Teen Book Fest–May 17, 2014

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Victoria Waddle

Posted in Fable/Fairy Tale/Fantasy, Family Problems, Fiction, Horror/Mystery/Suspense, Romance, Sci-Fi/Futuristic, Supernatural, Young Adult Literature | Tagged book reviews, John Corey Whaley, Katie Alender, Lauren Kate, Ontario, Ontario Teen Book Fest, YA fiction, YA literature | Leave a comment

Realistic Romance/Guy Books: “The Spectacular Now”

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Victoria Waddle

The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp “’Beauty’s all around me right here. It’s not in a textbook. It’s not in an equation.’” This is Sutter Keely’s mantra. He lives in the spectacular now. As he says, “’I was never … Continue reading →

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More sequels!

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Victoria Waddle

I know we’ve been working on these for a while–thankfully, they are now here! Unsouled (book 3 of the Unwind series) by Neal Shusterman Champion (book 3 of the Legend series) by Marie Lu Fever (book 2 of the Chemical … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure Stories, Fable/Fairy Tale/Fantasy, Family Problems, Fiction, Horror/Mystery/Suspense, Romance, Sci-Fi/Futuristic, Young Adult Literature | Tagged Amanda Hocking Battle, Awaken trilogy, book reviews, Chemical Garden Trilogy, His Fair Assassin series, Hunted trilogy, Katie Kacvinsky Dark Triumph, Lauren DeStefano Tidal, Legend trilogy, Marie Lu Fever, Michael Vey trilogy, Neal Shusterman Champion, Nightshade series, Richard Paul Evans Prey, sequels, Skinjacker trilogy, trilogies, Unwind trilogy, Watersong series, YA fiction, YA literature | Leave a comment

Realistic Romance: “Fangirl”

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Victoria Waddle

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell Although Cath and Wren are identical twins who’ve always shared a love of Simon Snow Books (think Harry Potter) as well as a bedroom, when they go away to the University of Nebraska for college, Wren … Continue reading →

Posted in Family Problems, Fiction, Over 375 pages, Romance, Young Adult Literature | Tagged abandonment, bipolar disorder, book reviews, college life in literature, Eleanor and Park, Fangirl, identical twins, mental illness, Rainbow Rowell, realistic romance, romance, twins, University of Nebraska in literature, YA fiction, YA literature | Leave a comment

Hush, Hush fans!

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Victoria Waddle

It took a while, but we finally have the full set at COHS–and CHS students can also check them out through the city library system: Hush, Hush Crescendo Silence Finale Come on it and check them out!

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Teen Book Fest Author: Check out trailer for “Noggin”

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Victoria Waddle

“Listen—Travis Coates was alive once and then he wasn’t. Now he’s alive again. Simple as that. “The in between part is still a little fuzzy, but Travis can tell you that, at some point or another, his head got chopped … Continue reading →

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The Fault in Our Stars–Movie Trailer

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Victoria Waddle

Can’t wait until this summer!

Posted in Fiction, Movie Tie-In, Romance, Young Adult Literature | Tagged book reviews, FiOS, john green, movie tie-in, movie trailer, The Fault in Our Stars, YA fiction, YA literature | Leave a comment