The Raven by Dani Lamia Level 4 Press, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-1933769707 Available: Preorder paperback, Kindle edition, MP3 ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) I received a .pdf ARC of this from the publisher. Rebekah is bullied horrendously at school, mostly cruel jokes originating with popular Coralie Renner and her friends. Things get much worse when Beka accidentally spills a drink on her […]
Category: YA books
BOOK REVIEW: HOWL BY SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON
March 28, 2023Howl by Shaun David Hutchinson Simon & Schuster, 2022 ISBN: 978-1-5344-7092-7 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, audiobook ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) Virgil Knox is a gay teen who has moved from Seattle to live with his grandparents in his father’s rural hometown in the South with his father while his parents resolve their divorce. Following a party, he finds himself […]
BOOK REVIEW: THE HONEYS BY RYAN LA SALA
March 21, 2023The Honeys by Ryan La Sala PUSH, 2022 ISBN-13 : 978-1338745313 Available: Hardcover, paperback, KIndle edition, audiobook. ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) When genderfluid teen Mars Matthias’ twin sister Carikube dies violently in front of them after running away from summer camp, Mars insists on attending the camp for the rest of the summer. They agree […]
BOOK REVIEW: RUINSONG BY JULIA EMBER
March 14, 2023Ruinsong by Julia Ember Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2020 ISBN-13 : 978-0374313357 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com) In this YA dark fantasy, Cadence is a corporeal mage whose magic comes through singing. While she comes from poverty, she is now the principal singer for the queen. Queen Elene, also originally a commoner, overthrew […]
BOOK REVIEW: ANGEL FALLS BY JULIA RUST AND DAVID SURFACE
March 9, 2023Angel Falls by Julia Rust and David Surface YAP Books, 2022 ISBN-13 : 978-1949140330 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition. ( Bookshop.org |Amazon.com ) In the 1600s, a large group of women and children colonists of Beauport, Massachusetts disappeared, killed by the Indians they displaced. A year later, they started to return. Those who believed […]
Man Made Monsters by Andrea L. Rogers, illustrated by Jeff Edwards Levine Querido, 2022 ISBN-13: 9781646141791 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) Cherokee writer Andrea L. Rogers makes her YA debut with Man Made Monsters with this 18-story anthology that traces one Cherokee family across time. She starts in the 1830s with the tribe forced off […]
BOOK REVIEW: HELL FOLLOWED WITH US BY ANDREW JOSEPH WHITE
February 2, 2023**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk** Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White. Peachtree Teen, 2022 ISBN-13 : 978-1682633243 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) Hell Followed with Us is an incredible and original book, but it is not an easy read. It is a scream of rage. Make sure to read the author’s […]
BOOK REVIEW: HOUSE OF HOLLOW BY KRYSTAL SUTHERLAND
January 26, 2023**Cross posted from the Circulation Desk** House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2021 ISBN-13 : 978-0593110348 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, audiobook ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) House of Hollow was shortlisted for the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Young Adult Fiction this year. Ten years ago, Grey, […]
BOOKLIST: GREAT YA HORROR OF 2022
January 21, 2023Wow, it’s been a great year for YA horror! I feel like we are seeing much more diversity than in the past, which is great, and it isn’t just surface: it’s essential to many of these stories. I read more than I got reviewed for Monster Librarian, and there were definitely other great reads (Angel […]
**Cross posted from the Circulation Desk.** The Last Huntress (Mirror Realm Series Book 1) by Lenore Borja Spark Press, Nov. 2022 ISBN-13: 978-1684631735 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition Bookshop.org | Amazon.com The Last Huntress is a young adult fantasy/adventure with romantic underpinnings, clearly targeted towards junior high and high school girls. That doesn’t mean adults can’t read and […]