Category Archives: YA Books
Book Review: Keeper of Reign by Emma Right
Book Review: 84 Ribbons by Paddy Eger
The Tides of Avarice: A Sagaria Legend
“The first thing you notice is the smell. It hangs like an almost visible miasma in the sluggish air of Darkwater- or, at least it does here, in the meanest, rottenest and generally most lethal part of Darkwater, the only town on Booty Island and, in its turn, the meanest, rottenest, and generally most lethal …
Oracle: Sunken Earth
“Jaret turned to face the fighting. When the smoke had cleared momentarily, he could see an old man, with a long beard and white staff, contending against a young man whose complexion was fair and radiant. Each of them had one hand on a small sphere, which they were desperately clinging to and striving to …
Max and Menna

Haunting and memorable, the author transports the reader through love, loyalty, alcoholism, abuse, racism and complete sadness. This debut novel follows the story of Max and Menna, twins struggling to exist in a house of abuse and alcoholism. The townspeople look down on them and their mother. Their lives take a drastic turn when they …
Book Review: Harvest of Souls by Michael Wayne

A Halloween party at an abandoned building in the town of Mercy Falls, Minnesota leads to tragedy when a fire starts and a 17-year-old boy loses his life. The surviving teenagers move on with their lives in the small town. Twenty years later, Eve Lohmiller and 3 of her friends go to the cemetery with a …
Book Review: Life After Genius by M. Ann Jacoby

M. Ann Jacoby’s first novel, “Life After Genius,” is a shining example of pure writing from the heart. Just as I am sure Jacoby adored writing every last sentence, I enjoyed indulging in her words. “Life After Genius” is a coming of age story about a mathematical genius, a boy named Mead who will graduate …