The end is here (boo) for our Young Adult Appreciation Month and we go out with a bang! Or rather with one of our …
FLASH GIVEAWAY:
You know the score, a Flash giveaway is a contest that runs for 24 hours only. This time around we have two YA [...]
A while back – last Christmas, to be exact – I got my buddy Kyle a book.
Actually, let me backtrack.
Kyle is a burgeoning reader; when I first met him, he’d just started to read the Twilight books by Stephenie Meyer (in fact, he now has my old copies of the books). And since [...]
Joint Review: Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale & Nathan Hale
Title: Rapunzel’s Revenge
Author: Shannon Hale & Dean Hale
Illustrator: Nathan Hale
Genre: Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retelling, Graphic Novel, Young Adult
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Publication Date: August 2008
Hardcover: 144 pages
Stand alone or series: Stand alone graphic novel.
Why did we read this book: How could [...]
Alexander Gordon Smith is the writer of the Inventors series for children and the YA/Fantasy Furnace series. I met Gordon in London at a Forbidden Planet’s event (the Guillermo del Toro signing) and prompted by his passionate talk about his books, I decided to give Furnace a go and wouldn’t you know, I LOVED [...]
Joint Review: Wake by Lisa McMann
Title: Wake
Author: Lisa McMann
Genre: Speculative Fiction, Young Adult
Publisher: Simon Pulse (US) / Simon & Schuster (UK)
Publication Date: December 2008 (US) / October 2009 (UK)
Paperback: 224 pages
Stand alone or series: Book 1 of the Dream Catcher (Wake) trilogy.
Why did we read [...]
Title: Everlost
Author: Neal Shusterman
Genre: YA (Fantasy/ Paranormal)
Publisher: Simon Pulse (US) / Simon & Schuster Children (UK)
Publishing Date: Nov 6 2007/ Jul 6 2009
Paperback: 384 pages
Stand alone or series: First in the Skinjacker trilogy
Summary: Nick and Allie don’t survive the crash, and now they [...]
Other Titles for the Post-Apocalyptic Dystopian Fan to Try:
I wanted to review many, many more books for YA Appreciation Month, but there simply aren’t enough hours in the day to do so. Instead, I decided to compile a list of some of my favorites and some new titles to try, should you look for [...]
Double Review: The Giver & Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
When we were brainstorming our plans for the final week of our YA Appreciation month, we realized the need to do a second Apocalypse/Dystopia day. And, when looking over what titles we both wanted to read, we decided to go with a classic: The Giver by Lois Lowry. As Ana had not yet read this [...]
YA Appreciation Month: (Post-) Apocalypse/Dystopia Day 2
Two weeks ago, we had our first day of Bleak Post-Apocalyptic Dystopian Book Goodness – and since we love this genre so much, we decided to have a reprisal. Today, we take a look at some old favorites and new titles about the end of the world as we know it…
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Libyrinth by [...]
Book Review: Newes from the Dead by Mary Hooper
Title: Newes From the Dead
Author: Mary Hooper
Genre: Historical Fiction, Young Adult
Publisher: Bodley Head Children’s (Random House UK) / Roaring Book Press (Macmillan US)
Publication Date: April 2008 (UK & US)
Hardcover: [...]
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