Diary of a Teenage Jewel Thief by Rosie Somers Most sixteen-year-olds shouldn’t know where museums keep their rarest jewels (the basement) and they really shouldn’t know that vans make the worst getaway cars. But for Marisol Flores, a life of jewel thievery is a birthright handed down from generation to generation, even if she didn’t […]
Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls by Beth McMuller
August 6, 2017 by ·
“A girl discovers her boarding school is actually an elite spy-training program, and she must learn the skills of the trade in order to find her mother in this action-packed middle grade debut.” (Blurb) This is definitely the summer of female heroes thanks to Wonder Woman. Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls is a little […]
FEATURE POST! Re-Release of Delia’s Crossing by V.C. Andrews
August 2, 2017 by ·
Fiction Finds Foothold with Immigration Issues: V.C. Andrews® Ignites Dialogue with the Re-Release of Delia’s Crossing By Andrew Neiderman There is no mystery as to why the publication of Delia’s Crossing, first in a three-book Series featuring a Latino main character, has since been aptly called “The Latino Cinderella.” Delia’s Cinderella reference comes from the […]
CHASING EVELINE Author: Leslie Hauser
July 13, 2017 by ·
Title: CHASING EVELINE Author: Leslie Hauser Pub. Date: July 11, 2017 Publisher: Pen Name Publishing Pages: 300 Formats: Paperback, eBook Find it: Amazon, Barnes& Noble, TBD, Goodreads Sixteen-year-old Ivy Higgins is the only student at Carmel Heights High School who listens to cassettes. And her binder is the only one decorated with album artwork by 80s band Chasing Eveline. Despite being broken-up […]
Dear Reader by Mary O’Connell
July 4, 2017 by ·
Dear Reader, I could not put this book down. I needed to see it through. Strange but fun, weird but charming, it was very entertaining. Dear Reader, do yourself a favor and read this strange little book.
I Believe in a Thing Called Love by Maureen Goo
June 26, 2017 by ·
THIS BOOK! OMG! I adored it!! I was drawn to this book because of the K-Dramas, I have a few friends who are so obsessed with them! I have steered clear of K-Dramas with the fear that I would only add to my obsession filled life. After reading this book, I felt like I was […]
Dive Into Diversity This Summer With These YA Titles!
June 12, 2017 by ·
A laugh-out-loud, heartfelt YA romantic comedy, told in alternating perspectives, about two Indian-American teens whose parents have arranged for them to be married. Dimple Shah has it all figured out. With graduation behind her, she’s more than ready for a break from her family, from Mamma’s inexplicable obsession with her finding the “Ideal Indian Husband.” […]
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
June 12, 2017 by ·
“When Dimple Met Rishi follows two Indian-American teens whose parents conspire to arrange their marriage.” Oh I am in LOVE! In love with Dimple and Rishi! Dimple and Rishi know their parents would like them to marry, it’s been sort of arranged since they were babies. So when these two teens finally meet at a […]
The Many Worlds of Albie Bright by Christopher Edge
May 30, 2017 by ·
This book has so much heart, so much sorrow and so many laughs, it was so hard to put down.
Girling Up by Dr. Mayim Bialik
May 24, 2017 by ·
Informational, inspirational, and insightful. Girling Up is pretty much everything I wish someone would have told me as teen girl. Mayim Bialik is best known as Amy Farrah Fowler on America’s #1 comedy, The Big Bang Theory, a role for which she has received four Emmy nominations and a Critics’ Choice Award. She also starred in the […]
