Reviewed by CD
An A-list novel for young adults. Fun for the summer, but nothing to take seriously.
November 3, 2010
August 27, 2010
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Reviewed by JC
A must read! A 1943 classic novel about a young girl, Francie Nolan, growing up in Brooklyn tenements with her much loved, but unreliable alcoholic father, and hard-working mother. Francie loves to read and wants to better herself through education, but has many obstacles to overcome. Brilliantly written.
August 19, 2010
April 14, 2010
The Everafter by Amy Huntley
Reviewed by ASR
Seventeen year old Madison has died, but she finds herself surrounded by objects she lost during her life. Each one takes her back to that place in time. She has the chance to view and even change moments in her life. This story is how she makes sense of her life and death and finds her way to the Everafter.
Candor by Pam Bachorz
Reviewed by ASR
Oscar lives in Candor, a society that feeds everyone who lives there a steady diet of subliminal messages to make them perfect. Oscar runs a business – secretly unbrain-washing people and getting them out of town. But when he meets Nia, his carefully planned life goes awry.
Before I Die by Jenny Dounham
Reviewed by ASR
She knows she only has a little time left before she dies of cancer, but she makes a list of all the things she wants and needs to do before that happens. She learns to live and find love at the end of her life.
By the Time You Read This I’ll Be Dead by Julie Anne Peters
A teenage girl plots her final suicide attempt – this one guaranteed not to fail. But as she nears the end people, including a strange boy, reach out to her. What does she decide to do?
Dirty Little Secrets by Cynthia Jaynes Omololu
Reviewed by ASR
Her mother is a hoarder and every inch of their home is crammed with stuff – good stuff, junk and garbage. She has kept the secret her whole life, but has finally made a best friend. When she comes home to fine her mother dead, smothered under a stack of magazines, she has to decide what to do so no one discovers her family’s dirty little secret.
April 13, 2010
Cupcake by Rachel Cohn
Reviewed by ASR
The 3rd of a set, Cyd moves to NYC and tires to live without her beloved Shrimp. How she makes her own way – helping her brother and her new friends along the way.
Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan
Reviewed by ASR
A young girl is forced into marriage with a sickly boy too young to really be a husband. When he dies her mother-in-law leaves her to defend herself against the world. How she learns to survive and thrive and even find love along the way. Great read!
