Title: Charm and Strange Author: Stephanie Kuehn Genre: Contemporary, Mystery, Young Adult Publisher: Electric Monkey (UK) / St Martin’s Griffin Publication Date: June 2013 Hardcover: 259 Pages No one really knows who Andrew Winston Winters is. Least of all…
Title: Vanished Author: Sheela Chari Genre: Contemporary, Mystery, PoC, Middle Grade Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Publication Date: July 2011 Hardcover: 336 Pages Eleven-year-old Neela dreams of being a famous musician, performing for admiring crowds on her traditional Indian stringed instrument. Her…
Title: Sidekicked Author: John David Anderson Genre: Speculative Fiction, Contemporary/Urban Fantasy, Superheroes, Middle Grade Publisher: Walden Pond Press Publication Date: June 2013 Hardcover: 384 Pages With not nearly enough power comes way too much responsibility. Andrew Bean might be…
Title: All Our Pretty Songs Author: Sarah McCarry Genre: Fantasy, Greek Mythology retelling, Young Adult Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin Publication Date: July 30 Paperback: 240 Pages The first book in an exciting YA trilogy, this is the story of…
The Middle Grade Review Bonanza is a new feature of 2-3 mini-reviews for short (typically 250 pages or less) MG books we both really wanted to read. It’s a new Regular Thing (and we’d love to hear your thoughts…
Title: Linked Author: Imogen Howson Genre: Dystopia, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (US) / Quercus (UK) Publication Date: June 2013 (US) / August 2013 (UK) Hardcover: 368 Pages Elissa used…
Hello everyone and happy Friday! Today, we’re pleased to do something a little bit different on the blog. We are presenting you with a joint review, but it’s not a joint review between Ana and Thea – this time,…
IT’S BACK! The Dare is back! Years ago, we had a regular feature called The Dare (and its sibling, the Guest Dare) in which we dared each other to read books outside of our comfort zone. For no real…
Title: NOS4A2 (US) / NOS4R2 (UK) Author: Joe Hill Genre: Horror, Speculative Fiction Publisher: William Morrow (US) / Orion (UK) Publication Date: April 30, 2013 (US & UK) Hardcover: 692 Pages (US) NOS4A2 is a spine-tingling novel of supernatural…
The Middle Grade Review Bonanza is a new feature of 2-3 mini-reviews for short (typically 250 pages or less) MG books we both really wanted to read. It’s a new Regular Thing (and we’d love to hear your thoughts…
