Young Adult – Page 6 – Looking For a Good Book

May 18, 2023

HOW DO YOU LIVE? – Genzaburo Yoshino

Copper is a fifteen year old boy coming to understand how much his life is changing (or will need to change) after the recent death of his father. Copper’s uncle provides the moral lessons and life guidance for Copper, generally through writings in a notebook. This is a very simple book and, as many other… Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, Uncategorized, YA

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Reviews, Young Adult

May 2, 2023

SEKRET – Lindsay Smith

It’s 1963, the Cold War, and the KGB have a plan for Russia to come out on top … they are recruiting young people who are able to read minds for a secret, psychic espionage program they’ve developed. Recruitment is a gentle word – it is not safe for anyone who shows signs of mind… Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized, YA

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, SF/Fantasy, Young Adult

March 29, 2023

ELEUTHERIA – Allegra Hyde

Willa Marks was raised by conspiracy-theory alarmist parents. As an adult, Willa leaves home but is stuck in a dead-end job. Until, that is, she meets Sylvia Gill, a Harvard professor who studies social movements. Sylvia is everything Willa has been looking for, and the professor has all the right answers for Willa’s growing concerns… Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized, YA

2 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, SF/Fantasy, Young Adult

March 13, 2023

THE RUMOR GAME – Dhonielle Clayton & Sona Charaipotra

At Foxham Prep, the very ritzy private school for the children of Washington, DC’s elite, students are groomed to become the next generation of socialite elites and giants of industry. But they’re still students – partying, dating, fighting, and making up rumors about one another. But harmful rumors here could have such a lasting effect as… Continue reading

Uncategorized, YA

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, Young Adult

January 10, 2023

IN THE CITY OF TIME – Gwendolyn Clare

Willa Marconi has been doing research in a laboratory at the University of Bologna in 1891 when her mentor at the school dies unexpectedly. Without her mentor’s support she risks losing her access to the lab, her stipend, and all her research to date. But when she discovers a strange signal while using her radio… Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized, YA

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, SF/Fantasy, Young Adult

December 20, 2022

SAM GUNN JR. – Ben Bova

I’m pretty sure I’ve never read any Ben Bova before this, unless I’ve read a short story in an anthology sometime back in the 1970’s or so. I’m not exactly sure why this is other than the simple fact that there’s too many books and too little time and choices of what to read have… Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized, YA

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Middle Grade, Reviews, SF/Fantasy, Young Adult

December 19, 2022

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE: JOURNEY UNDER THE SEA – Andrew E.C. Gaska; E.L. Thomas

I am a big fan of the Choose Your Own Adventure concept and series of books. This is only slightly unusual because when the series brand was publishing, in the 1980’s and early 1990’s, I was not doing very much reading. But the idea of a reader getting to dictate the path of a journey… Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, GRAPHIC NOVEL, Uncategorized, YA

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Graphic Novels, Middle Grade, Reviews, Young Adult

December 15, 2022

THE HOLDERS – Julianna Scott

Becca is a 17-year-old who has spent most of her life taking care of her little brother, Ryland. This is more than a simple sister’s oversight – Ryland has ‘issues,’ not the least of which are the voices he constantly hears in his head. Their father abandoned them when Ryland was very young and their… Continue reading

ROMANCE, SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized, YA

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, SF/Fantasy, Young Adult

December 1, 2022

THE CIRCUS INFINITE – Khan Wong

Jes has amazing gravity-controlling powers. He has been raised in an institution that has been studying his abilities. But the institution has not been kind to him and when he finally sees an opportunity to get away from the institute and off planet, he takes it, not caring where it brings him as long as… Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, SF/Fantasy, Young Adult

November 25, 2022

BETWEEN TWO THORNS – Emma Newman

Sam is an average (ie normal) guy. Having gone out with some friends, he is stumbling, drunk through an alley on his way home when he stops to pee against a wall. Unfortunately for Sam, it turns out he interrupts a paranormal crime in process – two strange-looking men removing a body. And thus begins… Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized, YA

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, SF/Fantasy, Young Adult

November 18, 2022

OVERTURNED – Lamar Giles

Nikki Tate is not just a card player, she’s one of the best. She should be – she was taught by her father, an experienced Las Vegas gambler. But Nikki is underage and not able to sit in on the legal card games. But Las Vegas, there are plenty of backroom, illegal games and Nikki… Continue reading

MYSTERY, Uncategorized, YA

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Mystery, Reviews, Young Adult

November 14, 2022

MISSION ATOMIC – Sarwat Chadda

* * * WARNING — POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD!! * * * Things are heating up for the Cahills, thirteen year old Dan and his older sister Amy. One of their own ancestors, a Cahill now known as The Outcast, has recreated three of the world’s worst disasters and appears to save the worst for last… Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, Uncategorized, YA

4 stars, Action/Adventure, Book Reviews, Books, Middle Grade, Reviews, Young Adult