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“The Forest of Hands and Teeth”
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan Here’s a book I read quite awhile ago, never had time to review, but thought you’d like. In some post-apocalyptic future, Mary lives in a village that seems to be the … Continue reading
“Peace, Love, and Baby Ducks”
Peace, Love and Baby Ducks by Lauren Myracle I bought this book for the library quite a while ago, but didn’t read it myself because, based on the title and cover (I know, I know!), I thought it was mind … Continue reading
“The Hunger Games” and “The Maze Runner”
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The Maze Runner by James Dashner I’m curious about why so many YA books—popular ones anyway—are about dystopias, lousy futures worlds where everything is wrong, the opposite of utopias. In the YA … Continue reading
“Creature of the Night”
Creature of the Night by Kate Thompson Bobby’s mother recently moved the family to a cottage in the country, far from his “bad influence friends” in Dublin. Bobby laughs at the simple country folk, such as old Mrs. Dooley, the … Continue reading
“A Kiss in Time”
A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn Talia is a beautiful royal princess whose minor rebellion against her overprotective parents results in the very thing they fear most. She pricks her finger on a spindle and sends the entire kingdom … Continue reading
“The Rock and the River”
The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon 1968: Racial tensions are escalating in cities across America, including fourteen-year-old Sam’s hometown of Chicago. The struggle for racial equality has even divided Sam’s own family—his father is a civil rights activist, … Continue reading
“Why I Fight”
NOTE: COHS Titans–The following review is excerpted from the Junior Library Guild. (Meaning that I didn’t write it and don’t want to take credit from something I didn’t do!) We belong to the Junior Library Guild and purchase four books … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Young Adult Literature
Tagged boxing, fighting, JLG, Junior Library Guild, Teen Issues
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“Scat”
NOTE: COHS Titans–The following review is excerpted from the Junior Library Guild. (Meaning that I didn’t write it and don’t want to take credit from something I didn’t do!) We belong to the Junior Library Guild and purchase four books … Continue reading
“The Forest of Hands and Teeth”
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan Mary dreams of a world beyond her village. But she also knows how impossible that dream is; according to the Sisters, no other village still exists. The Unconsecrated, the undead who … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Horror/Mystery/Suspense, Young Adult Literature
Tagged JLG, Junior Library Guild, supernatural, undead
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