Tweet Kit can’t believe her mother would force her to stay home and be homeschooled just because a classmate at her high school pulled a knife on another student. She doesn’t want to stay home and spend even more time … Continue reading
Tag Archives: young adult fiction
Tweet Today I’m guest posting at Tammar Stein’s blog. My essay is about how reading with your daughter helps you stay closer to her as she grows. Tammar is the author of Light Years. Here’s the publisher’s description of Light … Continue reading
Tweet Kyra is back from the mental institution where she spent six months after her dad thought she wanted to kill herself. She’s been released to return home and go back to high school, because she’s not considered a threat … Continue reading
Tweet Ellie is used to her parents having groups of friends over to smoke marijuana and get stoned. She often feels more like the parent than the child, cooking dinner for the people who drop in and cleaning up when … Continue reading
Tweet The Color of Earth is the first in a trilogy of graphic novels about a young girl named Ehwa and her widowed mother who owns a tavern in a small Korean village. The story takes place in a time … Continue reading
Tweet The Fetch by Laura Whitcomb Calder left his human life when he was only nineteen, and in the 300+ years since then he has been a Fetch, a being sent to guide humans to the afterworld when they die. … Continue reading
Tweet Yesterday I ran a review for The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams. Here, author Williams talks about what drew her to the subject of polygamous groups, how she researched the topic, and the transformative power of books. Tell … Continue reading
Tweet Book Review: The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams Kyra is a normal teen in many ways. She likes to read, she helps out with her family, and she has a crush on a boy who lives just down … Continue reading
