Tag: YA
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Book Review: The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
by Daniel Nayeri publisher’s synopsis A new all-ages adventure tale from Printz Medal Winner, Daniel Nayeri This is the tale of an exciting journey along the Silk Road with a young Monk and his newfound guardian, Samir, a larger than life character and the so-called “Seller of Dreams”. The man is a scammer; his biggest…
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Book Review: Echo Nova
by Clint Hall publisher’s synopsis Dash Keane is about to become the biggest star in history. As a poor teenager living in the Dregs, Dash Keane can only escape his dismal reality by competing in illegal rooftop races and staying up late to watch the timenet with his younger brother. When there is an opportunity…
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Book Review: Falling Through the Black
by E. A. Hendryx publisher’s synopsis SHE SURVIVED THE DESERT. HE’S REENTERED THE FIGHT. AND THE REBELLION IS RISING THROUGH IT ALL. Leef Verus is back in the fight and on his way to the planet Neba to carry out the next part of his mission, but the clock is ticking. With Dot still in…
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Book Review: Rune
by Victoria McCombs publisher’s synopsis Rune wants only one thing from the gods: the heart of a boy who already claims to love her. She wants it enough that she’s willing to make a deal with a god to keep it. The deal is simple: the heart of the boy, and in return, Rune will…
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Book Review: Love Unmasked
by Becky Dean publisher’s synopsis People pleaser Evie Whitmore can’t believe her art and architecture class trip has brought her to Venice—home of gondolas and crumbling palazzos, and the inspiration for both her art and her hidden passion, Elven Realms, a series of novels set in the very city she’s about to explore. Rumors about…
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Book Review: Truth Cursed
by Angie Dickinson publisher’s synopsis Cressida Hoth is alone in the world. Orphaned and unwanted, she is inflicted with a peculiar curse by her mischievous aunts and banished to a finishing school in the secluded kingdom of Dernmont. Students train in every accomplishment suitable for young ladies: music, dancing, etiquette…and strangely, poison-making, fencing, and lock-picking.…
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Book Review: The Unraveling of Emlyn DuLaine
by Lindsay A. Franklin publisher’s synopsis A shattered heart, a fate foretold. The world undone by tales of old. Emlyn DuLaine just wants to know what happened to her sister, Camille, seven years ago on the fateful day she vanished—literally. Emlyn witnessed Camille unravel and disappear, but no one believes her. Since they think she’s…
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Book Review: Flygirl
by Sherri L. Smith publisher’s synopsis All Ida Mae Jones wants to do is fly. Her daddy was a pilot, and years after his death she feels closest to him when she’s in the air. But as a young black woman in 1940s Louisiana, she knows the sky is off limits to her, until America…
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Book Review: The Mythmakers
by John Hendrix publisher’s synopsis From New York Times bestselling, award-winning creator John Hendrix comes The Mythmakers, a graphic novel biography of two literary lions—C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien—following the remarkable story of their friendship and creative fellowship, and how each came to write their masterworks Through narrative and comic panels, Hendrix chronicles Lewis and…
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