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Nimona by Noelle Stevenson HarperTeen, May 2015 Reviewed from final copy I’ve been considering this a graphic novel roundup — we’re short on time, you may have heard? — but now that I’m sitting down to write it, I’m finding myself with a lot to say about Nimona. I can’t guarantee that we’ll have a […]
As previously mentioned, time is short and books are many. So for today, two books that don’t actually belong in a joint post, brought to you by the color red and the letter D: The Dead I Know and Dime.
X: A Novel, Ilyasah Shabazz with Kekla Magoon Candlewick Press, January 2015 Reviewed from final copy X: A Novel made the NBA longlist and is one of five YA novels to receive six stars this year. (For reference, the other titles are: Challenger Deep, The Tightrope Walkers, Goodbye Stranger, and The Boys Who Challenged Hitler. All […]
I didn’t want to hijack Sarah’s review of The Game of Love and Death, so this is a few days after the fact, meaning you’ve probably all seen the short list already. Surprises? Delights? Me, I’m surprised by the lack of X, and a little about Symphony for the City of the Dead, but two […]
The Game of Love and Death by Martha Brockenbrough Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic, April 2015 Reviewed from an ARC Last week, I spent my time talking about unusual formats. This week, I’m not dealing with an unsual format — just straight up prose here, folks — but this title does have a unique feel. It’s like […]
Once upon a time, we went to a pond and started kissing frogs. This year, the pond is large, the frogs are many, and (ALA Mid) winter is closing in. There’s no way we’re kissing them all, so we have some hard decisions to make. In an ideal world, every frog published between January and […]
Archivist Wasp, Nicole Kornher-Stace Big Mouth House, May 2015 Reviewed from final e-book I love this book. Can I just get that out there right up front? Which is not to say I love its chances, but I’m still going to wax eloquent (or wax, anyway) in praise of its strengths. This is a weird […]
I am Princess X by Cherie Priest Scholastic, May 2015 Reviewed from a final copy Me Being Me is Exactly as Insane as You Being You by Todd Hasaak-Lowy Simon & Schuster, April 2015 Reviewed from an ARC And hey! It’s a twofer Friday to balance out our start to the week. We’ve got two […]
Saint Anything, Sarah Dessen Viking, May 2015 Reviewed from final copy Truth time: I’m slightly embarrassed to admit that Saint Anything is the first Sarah Dessen novel I’ve read; I didn’t read YA when I was actually in that demographic and she was never on my syllabi as an education or library student. Although I […]
Simon VS the Homo Sapiens Agenda, Becky Albertalli Balzer + Bray, April 2015 Reviewed from ARC Boys Don’t Knit, T.S. Easton Feiwel and Friends, March 2015 Reviewed from final copy It’s a twofer Monday, today, with two delightfully warm, funny, and frankly tender tales of boys grappling with what it means to be a boy, […]
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