A gritty story about one troubled teen, and the extreme measures he'll take to find happiness and success in life -- and the consequences of those actions, are the highlights of Betting Blind by Stephanie Guerra. Some risks are worth taking... The cards are stacking up against Gabriel James: first there’s Phil, the guy paying... Continue Reading →
A charming, contemporary YA caper that pays homage to the films of Audrey Hepburn, written by the creator of "Clarissa Explains It All" (AKA the quintessential TV series of my childhood & early adolescence)? Of course I was destined to adore Being Audrey Hepburn by Mitchell Kriegman! And I did -- this charming book did... Continue Reading →
A charming, contemporary YA caper that pays homage to the films of Audrey Hepburn, written by the creator of "Clarissa Explains It All" (AKA the quintessential TV series of my childhood & early adolescence)? Of course I was destined to adore Being Audrey Hepburn by Mitchell Kriegman! And I did -- this charming book did... Continue Reading →
Several years since the publication of King Dork have passed, but the new sequel King Dork Approximately by Frank Portman picks up right where we left Tom Henderson and his friends. That is to say, hating high school, trying to pick up girls, and concocting an ever-revolving list of band names and logos. (If you... Continue Reading →
Several years since the publication of King Dork have passed, but the new sequel King Dork Approximately by Frank Portman picks up right where we left Tom Henderson and his friends. That is to say, hating high school, trying to pick up girls, and concocting an ever-revolving list of band names and logos. (If you... Continue Reading →
Just in time for the holidays, Penguin has released a newly packaged set of Christmas classics in beautiful hardcover. Penguin Christmas Classics honor the power of literature to keep on giving through the ages. The five volumes in the series are not only our most beloved Christmas tales; they also have given us much of... Continue Reading →
Just in time for the holidays, Penguin has released a newly packaged set of Christmas classics in beautiful hardcover. Penguin Christmas Classics honor the power of literature to keep on giving through the ages. The five volumes in the series are not only our most beloved Christmas tales; they also have given us much of... Continue Reading →
A witty coming-of-age story with friendship at its heart, cunning characters, and delightful prose, make Dawn O'Porter's Paper Airplanes a real knock-out of a book. It's the mid-1990s, and fifteen year-old Guernsey schoolgirls, Renée and Flo, are not really meant to be friends. Thoughtful, introspective and studious Flo couldn't be more different to ambitious, extroverted... Continue Reading →
A witty coming-of-age story with friendship at its heart, cunning characters, and delightful prose, make Dawn O'Porter's Paper Airplanes a real knock-out of a book. It's the mid-1990s, and fifteen year-old Guernsey schoolgirls, Renée and Flo, are not really meant to be friends. Thoughtful, introspective and studious Flo couldn't be more different to ambitious, extroverted... Continue Reading →
There are three things I'd like you to know about Atlantia by Ally Condie: It is not about mermaids. It is a standalone. It's wonderful. Condie's first novel since her best-selling dystopian Matched trilogy is a brilliant tour-de-force of fantasy and science fiction, with a wildly unique spin on a classic premise: what if we... Continue Reading →
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