Category: Book Reviews
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Book Review: The Mermaid’s Tale
by L. E. Richmond publisher’s synopsis A Tail Could Tell a Tale Locklyn Adair has never fit in. The legs she inherited as a result of her great-great-grandmotherโs curse make it impossible for her to belong under the sea. When her niece is also born without a tail, Locklyn is determined to save her from…
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Book Review: Suspended in the Stars
by E. A. Hendryx publisher’s synopsis A girl in hiding. A boy on the run. The fate of the galaxy between them. In the Xerus Galaxy, Soaring Staress Talie Zarna is hiding her true identity on the circus spaceship Midway. When sheโs forced to shelter rogue soldier, Renner Cartha, itโs easy to see he has…
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Book Review: The Winter King
by Christine Cohen publisher’s synopsis A village trapped in winter, a tyrannical god, and a girl who will do anything to keep her family alive… Ever since Cora’s father disappeared through the ice, whispers about her family’s “curse” have grown increasingly louder. Desperate to help her mother and siblings survive another bleak season in the…
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Book Review: Super You! Power of Flight
by Hena Khan and Andrea Menotti publisher’s synopsis You thought you were in for an ordinary summer at science camp – that is, until you sneak into an off-limits area of the Center for Avian Science, get your hand pecked by a weird bird, and suddenly gain the power of flight! Now it’s up to…
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Book Review: Hope in the Valley
by Mitali Perkins publisher’s synopsis Twelve-year-old Indian-American Pandita Paul doesn’t like change. She’s not ready to start middle school and leave the comforts of childhood behind. Most of all, Pandita doesn’t want to feel like she’s leaving her mother, who died a few years ago, behind. After a falling out with her best friend, Pandita…
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Book Review: The Eternity Gate
by Katherine Briggs publisher’s synopsis Destroy the key. Save her people and herself. The Eternity Gate is found, and kings and monsters battle over its legends of treasure. But rumors whisper that someone stole the gate’s ancient key. Seyo, handmaiden to the princess, keeps three secrets. First, she’s gifted in fire, not light, and may…
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Book Review: Our Divine Mischief
by Hanna C. Howard publisher’s synopsis The Goddess Trial is designed to push young people to their edge and mark their coming of age, but รila LacInis is ready for whatever it brings. She sets sail from her small fishing village to the island of the goddess Yslet, fully expecting a divine encounter, but what…
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Book Review: Unearth the Tides
by Allisa J. Zavalianos publisher’s synopsis ๐๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ค๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ Huxley Krew Gannon III always knew he would be a royal guard; defending the Crown is in his blood. And coming from a long line of Gannons, that means the job is to be taken seriously at all costs. When…
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Book Review: Sky of Seven Colors
by Rachelle Nelson publisher’s synopsis In a strange part of the forest, the divide between worlds grows thin. After the accident, Meg would do anything to wake her best friend from his deadly coma. At least, thatโs what she whispered into the woodland shadows. She never imagined her wish would trap her in a gray…
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Book Review: A Duet for Home
by Karina Yan Glaser publisher’s synopsis It’s Juneโs first day at Huey House, and as if losing her home werenโt enough, she also canโt bring her cherished viola inside. Before the accident last year, her dad saved tip money for a year to buy her viola, and sheโs not about to give it up now.…
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