In Tomorrow Girls: Behind the Gates by Eva Gray, 14-year-old Louisa wants to see nature. She wants her life to be simple, where water is clean, and plants grow green. And in the future world she lives in, disaster, wars, and destruction is all there is. But when she gets an amazing opportunity to go... Continue Reading →
Review: Tomorrow Girls: Behind the Gates by Eva Gray
In Tomorrow Girls: Behind the Gates by Eva Gray, 14-year-old Louisa wants to see nature. She wants her life to be simple, where water is clean, and plants grow green. And in the future world she lives in, disaster, wars, and destruction is all there is. But when she gets an amazing opportunity to go... Continue Reading →
Divergent by Veronica Roth – Faction Focus: Erudite
All this week we are focusing on each of the five factions within Divergent by Veronica Roth. Today, we turn our attention to Erudite: The Intelligent. Here is what Veronica wrote about Erudite on her website: ERUDITE: characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly The word "erudite" focuses on knowledge rather than intelligence-- intelligence being... Continue Reading →
Divergent by Veronica Roth – Faction Focus: Erudite
All this week we are focusing on each of the five factions within Divergent by Veronica Roth. Today, we turn our attention to Erudite: The Intelligent. Here is what Veronica wrote about Erudite on her website: ERUDITE: characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly The word "erudite" focuses on knowledge rather than intelligence-- intelligence being... Continue Reading →
Favorite CoFA Spoilers: Alec & Magnus Return!
It's time for Favorite Spoiler #3 from City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare -- our week-long feature we're doing in partnership with Mundie Moms! Finally! Our other favorite couple from The Mortal Instruments returns. The first half of CoFA felt a little empty without Alec & Magnus, so it was a delight to finally... Continue Reading →
Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley: Steph’s review
 Synopsis: Just when seventeen-year-old Cullen Witter thinks he understands everything about his small and painfully dull Arkansas town, it all disappears. . . . In the summer before Cullen's senior year, a nominally-depressed birdwatcher named John Barling thinks he spots a species of woodpecker thought to be extinct since the 1940s in Lily, Arkansas.... Continue Reading →
Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley: Steph’s review
 Synopsis: Just when seventeen-year-old Cullen Witter thinks he understands everything about his small and painfully dull Arkansas town, it all disappears. . . . In the summer before Cullen's senior year, a nominally-depressed birdwatcher named John Barling thinks he spots a species of woodpecker thought to be extinct since the 1940s in Lily, Arkansas.... Continue Reading →
Divergent by Veronica Roth – Faction Focus: Candor
All this week we are focusing on each of the five factions within Divergent by Veronica Roth. (For more about factions and what they are, check out yesterday's post.) Today, we turn our attention to Candor: The Honest. Here is what Veronica wrote about Candor on her website: CANDOR: 1. the state or quality of... Continue Reading →
Divergent by Veronica Roth – Faction Focus: Candor
All this week we are focusing on each of the five factions within Divergent by Veronica Roth. (For more about factions and what they are, check out yesterday's post.) Today, we turn our attention to Candor: The Honest. Here is what Veronica wrote about Candor on her website: CANDOR: 1. the state or quality of... Continue Reading →
New Young Adult Book Releases: May 10, 2011
Lots of amazing new releases today! Check out some of the highlights: Die for Me by Amy Plum My life had always been blissfully, wonderfully normal. But it only took one moment to change everything. Suddenly, my sister, Georgia, and I were orphans. We put our lives into storage and moved to Paris to live... Continue Reading →
