Book Review: Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
I’m back after a nice, long, recharging trip to Italy. The whole family went—me and my husband and our two daughters—and we survived 3-1/2 weeks of 24-hour togetherness better than any of us would...
View ArticleBook Review: Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey
I received this review from a mom who recommends this series for mother-daughter book clubs. I’d like to recommend Anne McCaffrey’s young adult series for your 8-12th grade range. I don’t see anything...
View ArticleBook Review: The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
My daughter wrote this review after we read The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer for our mother-daughter book club. When I first found out that we were going to read this book, every instinct told...
View ArticleBook Review: Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
Imagine a prison that encompasses a whole world of fantastical people and creatures inside its walls: cities, metal forests, deep caves, and sanctuaries in the sky. That is Incarceron. Built to be the...
View ArticleBook Review: Restoring Harmony by Joelle Anthony
Sixteen-year-old Molly is on the adventure of her life. Sneaking into the U. S. from her family’s farm in Canada, she’s on a mission to find out if her grandparents are still alive and living near...
View ArticleBook Review: Zita the Space Girl by Ben Hatke
When Zita finds a gadget in what appears to be a crashed meteorite site, she can’t resist pushing the button. When she does, a creature with octopus-like limbs reaches through a tear in the sky and...
View ArticleBook Review: Dark Parties by Sara Grant
Neva lives in a world where someone is always watching. The government built the Protectosphere she lives in to keep everyone safe, yet that same government also seems to make people disappear and...
View ArticleAuthor K. L. Glanville Talks About Science Fiction and Imagination and Gives...
In this essay, K. L. Glanville, author of 2108: Eyes Open,shares her thoughts on how science fiction can stimulate discussions about morals and beliefs that take place in the here and now. I’ve...
View ArticleBook Review: Adaptation by Malinda Lo
Reese is on her way home from a debate competition with her teammate and teacher when a strange phenomenon occurs: bird strikes across North America bring several airplanes down and all air traffic is...
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