Author Archives: EHL
Half Bad – Sally Green
Nathan is the product of a Black Witch father and a White Witch mother. His father, Marcus, killed his mother’s husband then left his mother with 3 full blooded White Witch children and baby Nathan, the Half Blood, to raise. … Continue reading
Dangerous – Shannon Hale
Maisie Brown enters a contest for a week at space camp. Teams at camp train for missions with the top team earning a trip up the space elevator to an asteroid. While in space the five teens are exposed to … Continue reading
The Shadow Throne – Jennifer A. Nielsen
Book 3 of The Ascendance Trilogy begins with Jaron returning from the pirates without any opportunity to fully recover before war threatens his kingdom. It’s not just one country that declares war against him, but three. The odds are ever-stacked … Continue reading
Spirit and Dust – Rosemary Clement-Moore
Good vs. Evil paranormal mystery starring down to earth Daisy Goodfellow. Daisy comes from a family with special paranormal abilities. She works with law enforcement to solve crimes. She can examine a murder scene and talk with the spirit of … Continue reading
Museum of Extraordinary Things – Alice Hoffman
Coralie was a mermaid. She had webbed hands, with which she was born, and a beautiful scaled tale, with which she was supplied. Her father was the owner of the museum on Coney Island that exhibited all manner of oddities, … Continue reading
Into the Still Blue – Veronica Rossi
This is the final book in the trilogy that began with Under the Never Sky and followed with Through the Ever Night. Often a trilogy will have a book that doesn’t quite live up to high expectations set in the first … Continue reading
Cruel Beauty – Rosamund Hodge
Nyx’s father struck a bargain with the demon lord that if his wife conceives, he will give one daughter to the demon lord as his bride. The wife dies during the birth of twin daughters. The father decides to keep … Continue reading
Road to Reckoning: A Novel – Robert Lautner
Thomas Walker’s great adventure had gone terribly wrong. Only a few days ago he and his father set out from New York to sell Samuel Colt’s Improved Revolving Gun in the hills of central Pennsylvania, hoping to make a living … Continue reading
Vitro – Jessica Khoury
Sophie Crue travels all the way to Skin Island on the outskirts of Guam to get to her mother after receiving a cryptic email from her. In Sophie’s eyes, her mother is a hero, performing miracles and medical breakthroughs on … Continue reading
Avalon – Mindee Arnett
Teenager Jeth is the heroic protector of his crew in this sci-fi action thriller. Jeth’s parents were respected for their expeditions into deep space especially in an odd section of space where mysterious things happened. When they were killed, Jeth … Continue reading
A Breath of Frost – Alyxandra Harvey
Three cousins in early 1800s London are unaware of their witchy Lovegrove lineage until their powers, long hidden by Emma’s insane mother, are awakened. They are suddenly plunged into the once hidden world of witches, warlocks and Keepers now in … Continue reading
Tales from High Hallack, Volume I: The collected short stories of Andre Norton – Andre Norton
Oh my! What a wonderful collection of Andre Norton’s short stories. From one written in 1939 for a boy’s magazine to Witch World, this volume spans over fifty years. There are fantasies, folktales, sci-fi, and combinations of all of the … Continue reading
A Curious Madness: An American Combat Psychiatrist, a Japanese War Crimes Suspect, and an Unsolved Mystery from World War II – Eric Jaffe
On May 3, 1946, at the close of World War II, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East convened. Twenty-eight Japanese had been indicted for war crimes, the most prominent being General Tojo Hideki. Sitting behind Tojo was Okawa … Continue reading
When I Was the Greatest – Jason Reynolds
Set in a Brooklyn neighborhood, Ali strives to do the right thing, respecting his hard working single mother and caring for his sassy sister. Ali becomes friends with brothers Noodles and Needles from the dilapidated house next door who are … Continue reading
Revolutionary – Alex Myers
Deborah Samson had served her indenture only to find that she was still not allowed to live as she wished. Society insisted that she have a master. Earning her living as a weaver, sitting in a corner of the tavern, … Continue reading
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