A luscious, seductive tale about love, treachery, and war, Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor gives credence to the power of stories and the readers who love them. The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around— and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since... Continue Reading →

An exquisite coming of age story, Just Fly Away by Andrew McCarthy is a study in character of one teen girl in the aftermath of discovering a devastating family secret. When fifteen-year-old Lucy Willows discovers that her father has a child from a brief affair, a eight-year-old boy named Thomas who lives in her own... Continue Reading →

"If only I hadn't ..." "If we had just ..." "If I had only ..." These are the "what ifs" that plague us in the aftermath of a tragedy; when you think of all the little things you and others could have done differently to prevent something, if only you had known. This is the... Continue Reading →

A book that feels almost as if it were written just for me, Pyromantic by Lish McBride is the perfectly satisfying sequel to Firebug, and will remind readers why they fell in love with Ava and her friends in the first place. Ava is having a rough time. Getting rid of Venus didn’t set her... Continue Reading →

There's nothing quite like musical theater and fighting off evil demons, as is the case in Revenge of the Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudsen, the hilarious sequel to Evil Librarian. The stage is set for a fiendishly dramatic summer at theater camp for Cynthia and her boyfriend, Ryan. With no demons at all. Right? Last... Continue Reading →