I have to admit that I did not read the first three books in Stephenie Meyer’s bestselling Twilight Series. I saw the movies and then I decided that I could not wait to find out how this saga ends. I began reading Breaking Dawn with a bewildered feeling about why Bella chose Edward [...]

This is the final book in the His Dark Materials trilogy, the first of which, The Golden Compass, I reviewed back in November. I apologize for not writing about The Subtle Knife, but I just didn’t find it to be anywhere near as well written or captivating as the first and third books. The Amber [...]

Some books are like a fine wine - they only get better with age. I recently re-read the Judy Blume classic Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret and I would have to claim this book as one which only gets better as one gets older.

This captivating and original young adult tale of sinister events set in London during the Oliver Cromwell years is told in first person by a girl whose mother had decades earlier fled her evil stepmother’s murderous intentions and a parallel, magical world. Coriander finds herself the victim of one tragedy after another and must face [...]

Shiver is another Young Adult choice, and I have to say, if the characters hadn’t been teenagers, I would never have guessed YA. The depth of emotion was a lot deeper than any other YA book I’ve read. Fans of Twilight will gobble this up!
So our story begins when, as a small child, the main character, Grace, is [...]

I had hesitated to read this National Book Award winner since I don’t usually seek out fiction that is either extremely popular or classed as young adult, but The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian did not disappoint in the least.  Once again, I wholeheartedly recommend the audio over the print version, as the [...]

In my defense, when I bought this book, I thought it was going to be a fantasy novel. As I’ve said before, I’ve been on a YA Fantasy kick. It wasn’t fantasy, but it was still amazing.
Taylor Markham was abandoned by her mother on the Jellicoe Road in a rural section outside of Sydney, Australia. [...]