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Spinning Silver, Braxton Church
Spinning Silver, Braxton Church
Children's Book and Media Review
When Miryem boasts of her talents as a moneylender, the King of the Staryk demands her to turn his silver into gold. To do so, Miryem turns the Staryk silver into jewelry and sells it to a duke’s daughter, Irina. But with the enchanted silver, Irina captures the eyes of the young tsar, who immediately weds her. Irina soon learns that the tsar is ruled by a demon of fire, and the Staryk King takes Miryem to be his queen. Now both women must outwit their captors if they want to survive, all while being aided by Wanda, a woman …
Red Butterfly, Emily Loveless
Red Butterfly, Emily Loveless
Children's Book and Media Review
Abandoned at birth, Kara has called an elderly American woman “mama” for the last eleven years. Now that she’s older, she’s looking for answers to questions like why Mama never goes outside, and why can’t they move to live with Daddy in Montana? It is sobering to learn that, according to the Chinese government, Kara doesn’t exist, and that Mama stayed in China illegally to care for her. Their secluded days make more sense, but when Kara’s visiting “sister” has to be taken to the hospital, their life is blown wide open. Suddenly, Kara is separated from the only family …
Wintergirls, Abigail Packard
Wintergirls, Abigail Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Even after agreeing to work on her recovery and moving in with her dad, Lia is still struggling to eat regularly. She counts every calorie and avoids eating too much so that she can be thin, thin, thin. But when she learns that her childhood best friend, Cassie, is found dead and alone in a motel room, Lia’s struggle with eating intensifies and she begins seeing visions of Cassie’s ghost. Lia’s life unravels more and more as she resists eating. She become estranged from her dad, stepmom, and stepsister. Her relationship with her mother, which has never been strong, deteriorates …
This One Summer, Abigail Packard
This One Summer, Abigail Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Each summer, Rosie and her parents take a vacation at a lake house in Awago Beach. There, Rosie and her friend Windy spend time on the beach, swimming, watching movies, and just bumming around. But this year things are different. Rosie’s parents are fighting, and Rosie and Windy get sucked in to the local teenage drama. Rosie discovers that her mother, struggling with deep grief and her relationship with her husband, had had a miscarriage the year before. She finds out that the local teenage drama that revolves around one couple’s mishaps and resulting pregnancy lead the girl to almost …
Proof Of Forever, Becca Wilhite
Proof Of Forever, Becca Wilhite
Children's Book and Media Review
Joy, Tali, Luce, and Zoe, formerly inseparable summer-camp friends, have drifted apart in the two years since their last camp experience. At the request of Joy, the four friends gather for a camp reunion, where a time-altering event takes place, shifting all the girls back to their last summer at the camp. With full awareness of the choices, circumstances, and struggles of the present, each girl contends with her knowledge of her relationships, seeking to repair, heal, and reconnect with the things that mean the most.
Max, Bailey Ondricek
Max, Bailey Ondricek
Children's Book and Media Review
Max is a child born into Hitler’s supremacist Lebensborn Program. Proudly narrating his own story, Max begins the telling with his conception between his young volunteer mother at her insemination from an SS officer. Max is a perfect Nazi, hailing the Fuhrer, hating Jews, finding strength from infancy to fulfill his mission for Hitler. Growing up as a model youth under the regime, he helps kidnap other children, is trained in the academic and fighting programs, and is witness to gross scenes of prostitution, murder, and assault toward those he loves as well as those he hates. Contextualizing all of …
When The Sea Is Rising Red, Erica Sonzogni
When The Sea Is Rising Red, Erica Sonzogni
Children's Book and Media Review
Felicita is a girl born in privilege to one of the royal houses. She has magical powers, powers that only wealthy people in the village possess. At the beginning of the story, Felicita grieves over the death of her friend, Ilven, who jumped off a cliff to escape living in a royal house where she is told what to do and whom to marry. Felicita decides she does not want to live this life either and runs away into the town to live as a pauper. She befriends a group of degenerates, who live off of little and consider each …
Twinmaker #1: Twinmaker, Braxton Church
Twinmaker #1: Twinmaker, Braxton Church
Children's Book and Media Review
Improvement is just a meme—until it makes Clair’s best friend Libby go insane. With Jesse, the school outcast, and Q, the mysterious voice that speaks to her, Clair sets out to discover the truth behind Improvement and d-mat, technology that allows anyone to teleport across the world. Soon Clair joins with a group opposed to d-mat, and they lead her to Anthony Wallace, the man in charge of the d-mat technology. But Wallace is also the one behind Improvement, using it and d-mat to rule the world. Clair stops Wallace at the cost of her own life, but Q, revealed …
Confessions Of A So-Called Middle Child: Watch Out, Hollywood!, Gabrielle Borg
Confessions Of A So-Called Middle Child: Watch Out, Hollywood!, Gabrielle Borg
Children's Book and Media Review
Charlie C. Cooper is a twelve-year-old ex-bully turned do-gooder who becomes famous overnight after helping her friend Marta. When Chad, her Hollywood agent, calls with an audition for a new TV show, Charlie will do anything to get that spot, including lying to her friend. The only drawback is that the role requires gymnastic skills, which Charlie definitely does not have. Chad wants Marta, an amazing gymnast, to audition too. Charlie trains with Marta and everything works out until her lie is exposed. Charlie works to fix her situation. If Charlie is anything, she’s someone who won’t give up, and …
Speak, Abigail Packard
Speak, Abigail Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Melinda Sordino ruined a party at the end of summer by calling the cops and now everyone hates her. But Melinda can’t tell anyone about why she did it. Because who will believe that the most popular guy in school raped a freshman nobody at a party? Shunned by everyone at school, Melinda trudges through the school year, failing at everything except her art class. Art is what helps Melinda say what she wants to say without using words. But as the school year continues, Melinda realizes that she has to speak. And when she’s confronted by that same guy …
Refugee, Abigail Packard
Refugee, Abigail Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Josef is a Jew during WWII fleeing to Cuba. Isabel is a young girl from Cuba during the political unrest of the mid-90s escaping to America. And Mahmoud is a young man from present-day Syria, running from the violence and destruction that plagues his home country. Each character undergoes horrific and stressful journeys in order to find hope in a new home. Josef’s family never make it to Cuba, but through a painful sacrifice, Josef’s sister is able to find peace and a home. Despite the grueling journey filled with loss, Isabel’s family finally make it to Florida. And after …
Perfect, Abigail Packard
Perfect, Abigail Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Isabelle’s father has been gone for almost two years now. Isabelle has turned to the only thing that seems to help the pain: binge-eating and then purging. After her sister finds Isabelle purging, Isabelle is forced to start “Group.” There she meets Ashley, the skinny, popular girl from school who’s also bulimic. As Isabelle and Ashley’s acquaintance deepens, so do the bulimic habits they indulge in together. But when Isabelle realizes that she, her mom, and her sister have to face their troubles together, Isabelle is able to say no and begin her healing from both her grief and her …
The Forest Queen, Braxton Church
The Forest Queen, Braxton Church
Children's Book and Media Review
After Sylvie’s cruel brother John becomes the sheriff of Woodshire, Sylvie escapes into the woods with her childhood friend Bird and their newfound friend Little Jane. But as time passes, Sylvie learns about the unjust treatment of the commoners, and soon robs from the rich to give to the poor. Her brother dubs her the Forest Queen as more and more people rally behind her cause. But when Sheriff John burns their forest hideout, the people following Sylvie crusade against the unjust nobles, bringing peace and equality to the land of Woodshire.
Ravenskull: Volume 1, Natalie Hatch
Ravenskull: Volume 1, Natalie Hatch
Children's Book and Media Review
Brian De Bois Guilbert falls in love with Rebecca, a gorgeous healer who is in love with a competing Knight, Ivanhole. But Ivanhole loves the sweetheart from his youth, the Saxon Princess Rowena, and they plan on getting married. Brian and Rebecca are cursed in the world of the dead and are given powers that allow them to walk in the land of the living while seeing into the world of the dead. The Grandmaster tries to help the two by diagnosing their curse and sending them on their way to hopefully find a talisman that can undo the curse …
Arkham Woods, Natalie Hatch
Arkham Woods, Natalie Hatch
Children's Book and Media Review
Kristi and her mother recently moved to Arkham Woods. Things get weird when Kristi, her boyfriend Tommy, Dantwon the star football player, and Lin the class brain find mysterious boxes containing mostly human-like bones. They also open a series of confusingly empty chests. Then Kristi wakes in a trance in the middle of the night and dances to a hidden portrait while slashing her wrists—apparently, the group unlocked the chests that could awaken Cthulhu. Dantwon is lost as a vessel of Cthulhu, having opened the final box, and Tommy dies as a sacrifice to stop the end of the world.
The Rose Legacy, Gabrielle Borg
The Rose Legacy, Gabrielle Borg
Children's Book and Media Review
After being shifted about between family members and unwanted for nearly ten years, Anthea dreams about a loving family. Her long-lost uncle, Andrew, requests for her to come live with him at Last Farm. Little does she know that Last Farm hides an enormous secret: horses, the animal that has been forbidden in the kingdom for centuries. In a moment of weakness, Anthea writes to her aunt about the horses. As Anthea grows to love the horses, especially her dear Florian, she finds that she has an ability called The Way, an ancient power that allows humans to communicate with …
The Adventures Of John Blake: Mystery Of The Ghost Ship, Deborah Le Starge
The Adventures Of John Blake: Mystery Of The Ghost Ship, Deborah Le Starge
Children's Book and Media Review
Serena is a teenager that is traveling the world by boat with her family when a sudden storm sends her overboard. She is rescued by John Blake and finds herself stuck on a time-traveling ghost ship with John and the rest of the crew. As Serena becomes more acquainted with the men on the boat, she learns the story behind how they came to be. She also learns about Carlos Dahlberg and the threat he and his technology pose to them and the rest of the world. With some help, John and the crew are able to thwart Dahlberg’s plans, …
The Hate U Give, Abigail Packard
The Hate U Give, Abigail Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Starr Carter inhabits two vastly different lives: her life in the fancy prep school she attends, and her life in a lower-class neighborhood with her family. Starr keeps these worlds separate and distinct. But all of her careful compartmentalization begins to crack when she witnesses the shooting of Khalil, one of her childhood friends, at the hands of a police officer. But it’s all of the events that happen after Khalil’s death that shock Starr’s carefully crafted life. And as Starr navigates the rubble left in the wake of this pivotal moment, she realizes the importance of her words, the …
Chinese Handcuffs, Abigail Packard
Chinese Handcuffs, Abigail Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Dillon’s life is shattered after his older brother, Preston, commits suicide. The worse part is that Dillon witnessed the whole thing. Torn up from this horrific tragedy, Dillon tries to find solace in preparing for an ironman and working with the girls’ basketball team. Dillon meets Jennifer, a basketball star with her own set of horrific secrets. Jennifer has been sexually abused by her father and step-father for years. Try as she might, she just can’t escape. As Dillon learns more about Jennifer and her plight, he develops a plan. Together, Jennifer and Dillon work to overcome the horrors they …
The Librarian Of Auschwitz, Abigail Packard
The Librarian Of Auschwitz, Abigail Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Adita “Dita” Adler has been taken with both her mother and father to Auschwitz by the Nazis. There, the three of them live among the prisoners in the family camp. Life is miserable and Nazi atrocities occur every day as prisoners are brought to the camp while others are taken to the crematorium to be burned. It is in this horrible place that a spark of joy and even rebellion occurs. Freddy Hirsch has begun a school for the children of the family block. But what the Nazis don’t know is that Freddy Hirsch has a library—eight books that the …
The Art Of Starving, Abigail Packard
The Art Of Starving, Abigail Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Matt’s mother is struggling to keep her low-paying job at the slaughterhouse, and Matt’s older sister Maya has run away from home. To compound these issues, Matt suspects Tariq (a boy Matt both hates and loves) may have been involved in Maya’s disappearance. Life for Matt changes when he discovers the superhuman abilities he develops when his body is deprived of food. Matt wants to use his powers to help find his sister and punish whoever has hurt her. As Matt tries to discover what has made his sister leave, he becomes entangled in a tempestuous relationship with Tariq and …
Landscape With Invisible Hand, Abigail Packard
Landscape With Invisible Hand, Abigail Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
After the vuvv came to Earth, people were excited. The vuvv offered technology, advanced medicines, better lifestyles—but at a cost. Vuvv tech has replaced almost all jobs that were once occupied by humans. When Adam and his new girlfriend Chloe are offered a job as the stars of their own romance, it seems their lives are about to turn around. However, Adam and Chloe can’t even stand each other. But they need the money that comes with the job. Challenges come crashing together when Adam’s art is exhibited in a vuvv-sponsored exhibit and then soundly rejected. This rejection spurs Adam …
Long Way Down, Abigail Packard
The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian, Abigail Packard
The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian, Abigail Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Arnold Spirit, Junior, has only known the Indian reservation that his family has lived on for generations. The kids tease him relentlessly for the birth defects that make his head too big, his eyes lopsided, and his speech stuttered. But Junior has always believed "Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t.” That is, until Junior decides to enroll in the local all-white high school twenty-two miles away. Now Junior has to face ridicule on both fronts, from the students at his new school and the kids he’s left behind at the reservation. But Junior learns to triumph …
Looking For Alaska, Abigail Packard
Looking For Alaska, Abigail Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Miles “Pudge” Halter enrolls at Culver Creek Boarding School after going through the motions for year after year. It’s here that he meets the Colonel, Takumi, Lara, and Alaska. Despite working hard to get good grades, the group throws themselves into smoking, drinking, and pulling off epic pranks. But as the group grows closer, secrets come out. After a night filled with too much alcohol, Alaska and Miles finally seem to be getting somewhere, but all that comes to a halt when Alaska drives off, drunk, and is killed in a car accident. Miles and his friends can’t seem to …
Me And Earl And The Dying Girl, Abigail Packard
Me And Earl And The Dying Girl, Abigail Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Greg has worked tirelessly to maintain a persona so invisible and unattached that he never feels obligated to do or be anything for anyone at school, besides his one friend and co-director Earl. This carefully crafted persona cracks, however, when Greg enters senior year and is forced to reacquaint himself with Rachel. Because his mom says so. Because Rachel has leukemia and is dying. So against all his instincts and hard work, Greg begins spending time with Rachel. And although their relationship never goes anywhere beyond friendship, that friendship helps Greg as Rachel opens him up and helps him see …
Not Even Bones, Karen Abbott
Not Even Bones, Karen Abbott
Children's Book and Media Review
Nita is seventeen and has been dissecting cadavers for as long as she can remember. Her parents capture and sell body parts of human mutations on the internet to the highest bidder. Usually the bids are in the millions. The book’s title comes from the fact that nothing is wasted, not even bones. Nita is abducted and finds herself on the other side of the scalpel. Left to her own devices, she fights to survive in a world that considers her unnatural.
The Red Ribbon, Karen Abbott
The Red Ribbon, Karen Abbott
Children's Book and Media Review
Ella and Rose meet in the Birchwood Concentration Camp Upper Tailoring Studio, located in notorious Auschwitz. The two become fast friends. Ella is practical with strong survival instincts. Rose is more fanciful and kind. In the brutality of Auschwitz they need each other, especially when the random cruelty of a prison guard turns on Ella and ruins one of her hands. Ella can no longer sew, and the fight to survive becomes even more difficult. The girls are separated when Rose becomes too ill to work, and one day the hospital she is in is wiped out. Ella assumes that …
Poe: Stories And Poems: A Graphic Novel Adaptation By Gareth Hinds, Karen Abbott
Poe: Stories And Poems: A Graphic Novel Adaptation By Gareth Hinds, Karen Abbott
Children's Book and Media Review
Edgar Allan Poe is synonymous with suspense and mystery. This is a well-illustrated and well-written graphic novel that gives a perfect introduction to the works of the master storyteller. "The Masque of the Red Death" leads the collection with its haughty band of recalcitrant noblemen and women who have left their people to die of plague while they party and mock at death. Read on for the chilling "Cask of Amantillado," where the taste of revenge exceeds fine wine. Also included are "Annabelle Lee," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Bells," and "The Raven." Explore these classic …
Spill Zone, Emma Patton
Spill Zone, Emma Patton
Children's Book and Media Review
Addison lives her life on the edge. Metaphorically, because she will do whatever it takes to stay alive and provide for her sister. But also literally, because she and her sister live near the Spill Zone, where her parents died and her little sister was traumatized forever. The Spill Zone is what became of Poughkeepsie, New York, after a mysterious event turned it into a wasteland where strange things live and dangerous things happen. Addison regularly breaks the law to venture in and take pictures of the Spill Zone, which she sells on the black market. But then a buyer …