Category: Young Adult readers

Book Review: Tamora Pierce’s First Test

Book Review: Tamora Pierce’s First Test

I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: the library First Testby Tamora PierceIt is part of the , series and is a fantasy in Paperback edition that was published by Random House for Young Readers on May 23, 2000 and has 240 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Alanna: The First Adventure, In the Hand of the Goddess, Woman Who Rides Like a Man, Lioness Rampant, Wild Magic, Trickster’s Choice, Trickster’s Queen, Wolf-Speaker, Emperor Mage, Realms of the Gods, Page, Squire, Lady Knight, Terrier, Bloodhound, Mastiff, Daja’s Book, Sandry’s Book, Tris’s Book, Briar’s Book, Magic Steps, Street Magic, Cold Fire, Shatterglass, The Will of the Empress, Melting Stones, Battle Magic, Tempests and SlaughterFirst in the Protector of the Small fantasy adventure series about the second girl to ever train to become a knight in the kingdom of Tortall. You may want to read the previous quartet subseries in the overall Tortall series before starting this one; if you’re interested, there is a chronological listing of the Tortall […]


Book Review: Betsy Byars’ The Summer of the Swans

Book Review: Betsy Byars’ The Summer of the Swans

I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: the library The Summer of the Swansby Betsy Byars fiction in Hardcover edition that was published by Viking Books For Young Readers on March 30, 1970 and has 142 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon A standalone fictional novel for young adults revolving around fourteen-year-old Sara, just hitting puberty with all the angst of it. In 1971, The Summer of the Swans won the Newbery Medal. My Take Puberty is hitting Sara hard, and Byars is absolutely brilliant in her depiction of the angst and drama of a young teen with the frustrations about her father and her impatience with her little brother — this rings so true of sibling relationships! Her intense sense of right and wrong as well as her desire to protect along with that so-very-thin skin. It’s the mid-1960s, and in just a few pages, Byars gives us a quick peek into a few days of the Godfrey family’s life with the focus primarily on Sara, and then Charlie, providing us with a lifetime of information […]