Adrienne is sure her summer is going to be a disaster. Instead of spending it on a wilderness canoe trip in Canada with her best friend, she’s stuck at home in West New Hope, Delaware with a knee injury. And if that isn’t bad enough, her mother is forcing her to be in a mother-daughter [...]
Finley goes into his senior year in high school knowing three things: he loves his girlfriend Erin, he plans to have a stellar year as point guard of his basketball team, and then, somehow, he will get out of the rough Philadelphia neighborhood that has worn down his father and grandfather. But when his basketball [...]
I always love to read author Christina Hamlett’s insightful reviews. Today she is stopping by with her thoughts of the book Starters by Lissa Price. Title: Starters Author: Lissa Price Genre: YA Publisher: Delacorte Books (2012) Despite this dystopian novel’s underlying political message that wealth is synonymous with evil and that the old guard can [...]
As she heads into high school, Kelsey is determined to change the way people see her. It’s not that she doesn’t already have a lot going for her already—including great friends and pretty good looks—but she wants to kick things up a notch. But right away, things don’t turn out quite like she planned. She [...]
Ricki Jo is determined to move from a plain old country girl into popular, sophisticated Ericka when she starts 9th grade at her local public high school. She figures there will be lots more opportunities at the larger school than the small, Catholic school she attended through 8th grade. Right away she makes friends with [...]
As the prelude to her guest book review for Camilla by Madeleine L’Engle, author Christina Hamlett (authorhamlett.com) says, “Don’t let the title fool you – it’s not about Prince Charles’ wife or Gonzo’s chicken girlfriend.” Read on to see what Christina says about this lesser known L’Engle classic. Title: Camilla Author: Madeline L’Engle Publisher: Farrar, [...]
Read on for my review, then check out the Girl Meets Boy Book Trailer. In Girl Meets Boy: Because There Are Two Sides to Every Story, twelve young adult writers team up to six stories from two different points of view: his and hers. This collection, edited by Kelly Milner Halls, is funny and smart [...]
Kim Culbertson has a way of capturing the conflicted emotions teens experience as they go through high school, begin and end relationships, and get ready for life away from their parents. In Songs for a Teenage Nomad, Callie kept a song journal to help her cope with the loneliness that came from constantly moving with [...]
