Title: She Said Yes
Author: Misty Bernall
Rate It: Very Very Good
Review It: This book is sad and touching. Teens going through hard times should read it; it should really help. I recommend it to everyone.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Teen Book Review: Spirit Bound (Vampire Academy)
Title: Spirit Bound (Vampire Academy)
Author: Richelle Mead
Rate It: 5/5
Review It: I liked reading about Rose & Dimitri, and I enjoyed the suspense of Dimitri trying to find Rose to turn her into a Strigoi so that they would live forever in eternity.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Teen Book Review: The Quillan Games (Pendragon, Book Seven)
Title: The Quillan Games (Pendragon, Book 7)
Author: D.J. MacHale
Rate It: SUPER
Review It: I have not much to say, it is one of the best series ever!
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Teen Book Review: You Shouldn't Have To Say Good-Bye
Title: You Shouldn't Have To Say Good-Bye
Author: Patricia Hermes
Rate It: Very nice
Review It: This is one of the saddest books I have ever read. If you are going through hard times, read it! It is very touching & is a good book.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Teen Book Review: The Darkangel (Darkangel Trilogy, Book One)
Title: The Darkangel (Darkangel Trilogy, Book 1)
Author: Meredith Ann Pierce
Rate It: 4/5
Review It: Aerial, the main character, is very kind and gets lots of help from her friends. Despite coming from a poor background, she's stubborn and has an undying spirit to help and save others.
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
What If... (If you liked Mockingjay, you may like...)
Looking for something to read now that you've finished Mockingjay and the Hunger Games trilogy? Luckily for you, the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has come out with a list of suggested readalikes. The "What If..." list highlights titles featuring alternative history and worlds, steampunk, apocalyptic fiction and cyberpunk, among other settings.
Also, feel free to make your own suggestions in the comments below!
FIC (YA VL) Arakawa, H. Fullmetal Alchemist
What would you give up to bring back someone you love?
FIC Barry, M. Jennifer Government
In a world where you take the name of the company you work for nothing is off limits.
FIC (YA) Bodeen, S. The Compound
After his parents, two sisters, and he have spent six years in a vast underground compound built by his wealthy father to protect them from a nuclear holocaust, fifteen-year-old Eli, whose twin brother and grandmother were left behind, discovers that his father has perpetrated a monstrous hoax on them all.
FIC (YA) Caletti, D. Fortunes of Indigo Skye
Indigo Skye loves her waitressing job and thinks she knows where her life is going- until a customer leaves her a 2.5 million dollar tip.
X SF Christopher, J. The White Mountains (The Tripods #1)
Young Will Parker and his companions make a perilous journey toward an outpost of freedom where they hope to escape from the ruling Tripods, who capture mature human beings and make them docile, obedient servants.
FIC (YA) Dashner, J. The Maze Runner
Thomas wakes up in an enclosed environment with 60 other boys and no memory. He must learn to work with the group if he expects to survive.
FIC (YA) Doctorow, C. Little Brother
Marcus must fight for his freedom after a terrorist attack.
X SF DuPrau, J. The Diamond of Darkhold
Lina and Doon venture back to the City of Ember to find a gift left by the Builders.
FIC (YA) Fukui, I. Truancy
It's students vs. teachers in a fight to the death.
SF Gibson, W. Neuromancer
The book that started it all...
FIC (YA) Grant, M. Gone
What will kids do when all the adults have disappeared?
FIC (YA) Kostick, C. Epic
On New Earth, a world based on a video role-playing game, fourteen-year-old Erik pursuades his friends to aid him in some unusual gambits in order to save Erik's father from exile and safeguard the futures of each of their families.
FIC (YA) Lloyd, S. The Carbon Diaries 2015
It's the year 2015, and global warming is ravaging the environment. In response, the United Kingdom mandates carbon rationing. As multiple natural disasters strike and her parents head towards divorce, Laura's world spirals out of control. Chronicling the daily insanity is all Laura can do to stay grounded in a world where disaster is the norm.
X SF Malley, G. The Declaration
For others to live forever you must not exist.
FIC (YA) Marsden, J. Tomorrow, When the War Began
Group of teens go on a camping trip. Upon return discover their country has been invaded by an army and all their family and friends held captive.
FIC (YA) Ness, P. The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, Book 1)
One month away from officially turning into a man, Todd learns his world isn't what he thought it was.
X Oppel, K. Airborn
A luxury airship, pirates, and an undiscovered species make for a great adventure for Matt and Kate.
FIC (YA) Pfeffer, S. The Dead and the Gone
Alex must fend for himself and his sisters after an asteroid hits the moon.
FIC (YA) Pfeffer, S. Life As We Knew It
The world changes when a meteor hits the moon.
FIC (YA) Rosoff, M. How I Live Now
War breaks out across the ocean, teen and her family must cope and survive amidst danger.
FIC (YA) Ryan, C. The Forest of Hands and Teeth
The zombies have breeched the fences and Mary must venture out into the forest or die in the village.
FIC (YA) Simner, J. Bones of Faerie
Liza, born after the Faerie War, flees her town when she discovers she is developing magical abilities, a certain death where she lives.
FIC (YA) Sleator, W. Test
Ann, a teenage girl living in the security-obsessed, elitist United States of the very near future, is threatened on her way home from school. Soon she and a new friend are caught up in a vast conspiracy of greed involving the school testing company. Students who pass this test have it made; those who don't, suffer. For those who question the test the results may be deadly.
FIC (YA) Westerfield, S. Leviathan
In an alternate 1914 Europe, fifteen-year-old Austrian Prince Alek, on the run from the Clanker Powers who are attempting to take over the globe using mechanical machinery, forms an uneasy alliance with Deryn who, disguised as a boy to join the British Air Service, is learning to fly genetically-engineered beasts.
Also, feel free to make your own suggestions in the comments below!
FIC (YA VL) Arakawa, H. Fullmetal Alchemist
What would you give up to bring back someone you love?
FIC Barry, M. Jennifer Government
In a world where you take the name of the company you work for nothing is off limits.
FIC (YA) Bodeen, S. The Compound
After his parents, two sisters, and he have spent six years in a vast underground compound built by his wealthy father to protect them from a nuclear holocaust, fifteen-year-old Eli, whose twin brother and grandmother were left behind, discovers that his father has perpetrated a monstrous hoax on them all.
FIC (YA) Caletti, D. Fortunes of Indigo Skye
Indigo Skye loves her waitressing job and thinks she knows where her life is going- until a customer leaves her a 2.5 million dollar tip.
X SF Christopher, J. The White Mountains (The Tripods #1)
Young Will Parker and his companions make a perilous journey toward an outpost of freedom where they hope to escape from the ruling Tripods, who capture mature human beings and make them docile, obedient servants.
FIC (YA) Dashner, J. The Maze Runner
Thomas wakes up in an enclosed environment with 60 other boys and no memory. He must learn to work with the group if he expects to survive.
FIC (YA) Doctorow, C. Little Brother
Marcus must fight for his freedom after a terrorist attack.
X SF DuPrau, J. The Diamond of Darkhold
Lina and Doon venture back to the City of Ember to find a gift left by the Builders.
FIC (YA) Fukui, I. Truancy
It's students vs. teachers in a fight to the death.
SF Gibson, W. Neuromancer
The book that started it all...
FIC (YA) Grant, M. Gone
What will kids do when all the adults have disappeared?
FIC (YA) Kostick, C. Epic
On New Earth, a world based on a video role-playing game, fourteen-year-old Erik pursuades his friends to aid him in some unusual gambits in order to save Erik's father from exile and safeguard the futures of each of their families.
FIC (YA) Lloyd, S. The Carbon Diaries 2015
It's the year 2015, and global warming is ravaging the environment. In response, the United Kingdom mandates carbon rationing. As multiple natural disasters strike and her parents head towards divorce, Laura's world spirals out of control. Chronicling the daily insanity is all Laura can do to stay grounded in a world where disaster is the norm.
X SF Malley, G. The Declaration
For others to live forever you must not exist.
FIC (YA) Marsden, J. Tomorrow, When the War Began
Group of teens go on a camping trip. Upon return discover their country has been invaded by an army and all their family and friends held captive.
FIC (YA) Ness, P. The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, Book 1)
One month away from officially turning into a man, Todd learns his world isn't what he thought it was.
X Oppel, K. Airborn
A luxury airship, pirates, and an undiscovered species make for a great adventure for Matt and Kate.
FIC (YA) Pfeffer, S. The Dead and the Gone
Alex must fend for himself and his sisters after an asteroid hits the moon.
FIC (YA) Pfeffer, S. Life As We Knew It
The world changes when a meteor hits the moon.
FIC (YA) Rosoff, M. How I Live Now
War breaks out across the ocean, teen and her family must cope and survive amidst danger.
FIC (YA) Ryan, C. The Forest of Hands and Teeth
The zombies have breeched the fences and Mary must venture out into the forest or die in the village.
FIC (YA) Simner, J. Bones of Faerie
Liza, born after the Faerie War, flees her town when she discovers she is developing magical abilities, a certain death where she lives.
FIC (YA) Sleator, W. Test
Ann, a teenage girl living in the security-obsessed, elitist United States of the very near future, is threatened on her way home from school. Soon she and a new friend are caught up in a vast conspiracy of greed involving the school testing company. Students who pass this test have it made; those who don't, suffer. For those who question the test the results may be deadly.
FIC (YA) Westerfield, S. Leviathan
In an alternate 1914 Europe, fifteen-year-old Austrian Prince Alek, on the run from the Clanker Powers who are attempting to take over the globe using mechanical machinery, forms an uneasy alliance with Deryn who, disguised as a boy to join the British Air Service, is learning to fly genetically-engineered beasts.
Saturday, November 06, 2010
Teen Book Review: Girls Under Pressure
Title: Girls Under Pressure
Author: Jacqueline Wilson
Rate It: Four and a half stars!
Review It: I think this book shows and sets a fine line between being skinny and healthy and being skinny and sick. Because as long as you make the right food choices, you're healthy, the book basically says in bold letters.
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Teen Book Review: Chessie Bligh and the Scroll of Andelthor
Title: Chessie Bligh and the Scroll of Andelthor
Author: Thora Gabriel
Rate It: Excellent
Review It: It is somewhat scary and exciting. I like the idea of elves and flying and finding Atlantis. It is a good story about family love.