David Glen Robb’s Paul, Big, and Small is an excellent young adult read that packs a punch and deserves your time and reflection.
Browsing: young adult
While its historical elements drew me in, it’s the fictional story in Stacey’s Lee’s The Downstairs Girl that draws you in.
If you’ve made it through the spring/summer without hearing about Nafiza Azad’s The Candle and the Flame, where have you been?
In Spin the Dawn author Elizabeth Lim has mastered the age-old task of showing rather than telling. It’s one of my favorite fantasy novels of 2019.
The Twelve Dancing Princesses gets new life in Erin A. Craig’s engrossing new young adult novel, House of Salt and Sorrows.
I’ve read a number of really good YA novels in the past month or so, but none did I enjoy more than Jennifer Donnelly’s Stepsister.
A.K. Small trained in Paris and later danced with companies in the US. Bright Burning Stars was inspired by dancers from her childhood.
Sometimes you don’t need to reread a book before delving into its sequel. The Everlasting Rose, by Dhonielle Clayton firmly falls into the should category.
When I read Shelley Sackier’s YA novel, The Antidote, I did not want to put it down — I think I read the novel in two sittings.
I don’t read a lot of books written in verse. But the buzz for Kip Wilson’s White Rose was so strong, I decided to give it a try. I’m glad I did.