Posts Tagged ‘contemporary’Review: Finding SomewhereThursday, January 26th, 2012Finding Somewhere by Joseph Monninger. Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House. 2011. Reviewed from copy from publisher.
Review: Under the MesquiteMonday, January 16th, 2012Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall. Lee & Low. 2011. Morris Award Finalist.
The Good: Under the Mesquite is told by Lupita, using free verse. The reader is pulled into Lupita’s world… Read More Review: Paper Covers RockWednesday, December 28th, 2011Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard. Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House. 2011. Library copy. Morris Award Short List.
Review: Where Things Come BackMonday, December 26th, 2011Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley. Atheneum Books for Younger Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. 2011. Library copy. Morris Award Short List.
The Plot: Some things don’t come back; like Cullen’s cousin Oslo, dead from an overdose. Some things may come back, like the woodpecker that people believed was extinct until one self-important and pr-savvy professor came to town. In the town of Lily, Arkansas, eager, dream filled teens leave town, sure of bigger and better things that await them, and… Read More Review: Small Town SinnersFriday, December 9th, 2011Small Town Sinners by Melissa Walker The Plot: Lacey Anne Byer is a good girl from a good family. She’s sixteen, looking forward to getting her drivers license, spending more time with her best friends Starla Joy and Dean, and getting (hopefully!) a lead role in her church’s Hell House. Enter Ty Davis, the cute new boy in town with a possible past. Ty asks questions about Hell House and church and sins and sinners and Lacey gives the comfortable, easy answers… Read More Review: Tell Me A SecretWednesday, December 7th, 2011Tell Me A Secret by Holly Cupala. HarperTeen. 2010. Audiobook by Octopuppy. 2010. Narrated by Jenna Lamia. Reviewed from audiobook from author. Available from Audible.
Review: Saving JuneThursday, November 17th, 2011Saving June by Hannah Harrington. Harlequin Teen. 2011. Reviewed from ARC from publisher.
Harper, 16, doesn’t understand. June was the good, popular, nice sister; Harper is the unmotivated disappointment. Harper’s family is no help: her father is with his new, younger girlfriend; her mother is either drinking too much wine or going to Church with Aunt Helen. The last straw is when her divorced parents decided to split June’s… Read More Review: The Piper’s SonWednesday, November 16th, 2011Today the One Shot World Book Tour is: Book City! The list of participating blogs is over at Chasing Ray. I’ve chosen a city I’ve never been to, but, because of the author’s books, I feel like I have: Sydney, Australia, as depicted in Melina Marchetta’s book, most recently, The Piper’s Son. So, here is my review; and don’t forget to head over to Chasing Ray for the complete list of books in this Book City tour! The Piper’s Son by Melina Marchetta. Candlewick… Read More Review: ShineTuesday, October 25th, 2011Shine The Plot: “Stunned residents of Black Creek, North Carolina, pray for seventeen-year-old Patrick Truman, beaten and left for dead outside the convenience store where he works.” Patrick is, no, was, Cat’s best friend. Three years ago, something happened and Cat reacted by withdrawing from family and friends. Patrick is in a coma, and Cat can’t hide anymore. She has to find out what happened to him, who attacked him, no matter what… Read More Review: You Are My OnlyThursday, October 13th, 2011You Are My Only by Beth Kephart The Plot: Sophie, 14, is protected by her mother: home-schooled, cautioned against leaving the house, moving often go keep themselves away from the No Good. In their latest rented home, Sophie looks out the attic window and sees a boy and his dog. Sophie leaves the house to say hello, and meets Joey. Her first friend. Emmy’s four month old baby daughter is missing. She put Baby in a swing, realized she needed… Read More
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