Category: Young Adult readers

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 […]

Posted March 12, 2012 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews, Middle-Grade readers, Young Adult readers / 0 Comments

Book Review: Ridley Pearson’s Disney in Shadow

The teens -Finn, Philby, Willa, Charlene, and Maybeck – search for Wayne, their mentor and head Imagineer who has mysteriously gone missing, abducted by the Overtakers.

Posted March 10, 2012 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews, Young Adult readers / 0 Comments

Book Review: Simon R. Green’s The Bride Wore Black Leather

John Taylor is marrying the love of his life, Suzie Shooter. But before he can walk down the aisle he has one more case to solve as a private eye — a case that has him on the run from friends and enemies both, with his bride-to-be looking to collect the bounty on his head…

Posted March 6, 2012 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews, Young Adult readers / 0 Comments

Book Review: Simon R. Green’s The Unnatural Inquirer

Welcome to the Nightside where the sun never rises and people can fraternize with every myth and monster imaginable. John Taylor is a P.I. and “The Unnatural Inquirer” has offered him a million pounds to find a DVD purported to contain an actual recording of the afterlife.

Posted March 1, 2012 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews, Young Adult readers / 0 Comments

Book Review: Chloe Neill’s Charmfall

High school can be a battlefield, but for Lily Parker, surviving at St. Sophia’s School for Girls is a matter of life and death…

Posted February 28, 2012 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews, Young Adult readers / 0 Comments

Book Review: Julie Kagawa’s The Iron Knight

My name – my True Name – is Ashallayn’ darkmyr Tallyn. I am the last remaining son of Mab, Queen of the Unseelie Court. And I am dead to her. My fall began, as many stories do, with a girl…

Posted February 25, 2012 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews, Young Adult readers / 0 Comments

Book Review: Simon R. Green’s Hex and the City

Lady Luck has hired John Taylor to investigate the origins of the Nightside. But when he starts to uncover facts about his long-vanished mother, the Nightside–and all of existence– could be snuffed out.

Posted February 23, 2012 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews, Young Adult readers / 0 Comments

Book Review: Caitlin Kittredge’s The Iron Thorn

Everyone in Aoife Grayson’s family goes mad when they turn 16. Now a ward of the state at the School of Engines, Aoife tries to pretend her fate can be different.

Posted February 23, 2012 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews, Young Adult readers / 0 Comments

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 […]

Posted February 19, 2012 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews, Target Audience, Young Adult readers / 0 Comments

Book Review: Jennifer Estep’s Kiss of Frost

The fun and games ends when Gwen learns the truth behind her mother’s death that night. It’s one way to start winter break. Knowing that everyone around you was lying.

Posted February 6, 2012 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews, Young Adult readers / 0 Comments