Author Archives: EHL
StarCrossed – Elizabeth C. Bunce
CIP Summary: In a kingdom dominated by religious intolerance, sixteen-year-old Digger, a street thief, has always avoided attention, but when she learns that her friends are plotting against the throne she must decide whether to join them or turn them … Continue reading
May B – Caroline Starr Rose
May is a young girl on the lonely Kansas prairie during the time of homesteaders and sod houses. She is hired out by her parents to keep house for a newly married couple 15 miles away. The young wife is terribly … Continue reading
Cinder – Marissa Meyer
Cinder is a teenaged cyborg in future China that is suffering from a world-wide plague. Being a cyborg or part machine, it is natural that Cinder is a mechanic/techie and runs a booth in the market fixing anything mechanical. Yes, it … Continue reading
Prized (The Birthmarked Trilogy-vol.2) – Caragh O’Brien
The setting is future Earth where we have so messed up our environment that giving birth to a healthy baby is increasingly against the odds. Gaia’s struggles continue after escaping from one dystopian society to another. This time around, she … Continue reading
The Girl in the Park – Mariah Fredericks
This hits the mark for teen readers eager for a delicious blend of mystery and teen drama. Rain is the quiet former friend of the school’s party girl whose body was found in the park. The writing style pulled me in … Continue reading
Glow – Amy Ryan
Two ships of colonists set out from Earth. Kieran and Waverly are the first children born in deep space aboard the Empyrean. They are destined to be together and to lead their generation. But something is wrong aboard the New … Continue reading
Across the Universe – Beth Revis
An enormous spaceship designed to last for multiple generations sets out with colonists. There are two groups of colonists. One group is cryogenically encased in capsules to be awakened when the destination is reached. One group is to live and breed and die … Continue reading
All These Things I’ve Done – Gabrielle Zevin
Another future gone wonkers type of book. Chocolate and coffee are illegal and crime is rampant. The setting is New York City in 2083 and Anya is a chocolate mafia princess. Her father and mother were killed by rival families. … Continue reading
Blood Wounds – Susan Beth Pfeffer
Understand parentage, but you are your own person and not defined by parents. When Willa was quite young, her mother left an abusive marriage. She remarried a kind man whose wealthy ex-wife provides his daughters with a rich and privileged … Continue reading
Rot & Ruin – Jonathan Maberry
This is one of the best YA zombie series I have read – by far. Yes, another zombie dystopia. There is plenty of zombie goriness and horror. An isolated town battles zombies to stay alive and try to create some semblance of … Continue reading
Moon Over Manifest – Clare Vanderpool
Moon Over Manifest is a deserving winner of the Newbery Award, however, I doubt if students will gobble it down en masse. The historical fiction sticker on the spine of a book is akin to a sticker of death. Then … Continue reading
The Monstrumologist – Rick Yancey
Ahhh – this is horror and suspense writing at its best. Horror is not my favorite genre but I do read a fair amount. The story is told from 12-year-old Will Henry’s point of view (memoir) set in 1888. He … Continue reading
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