Good looking. Fine. Cute. Hunky. Sexy. Hot. The word sexy can best be defined as being sexually suggestive, stimulating, or appealing. However equivocal the word, since it can be used to describe how one feels and how one is perceived, that is the main focal point of the Young Adult novel by Joyce Carol Oates. […]
This summer I plunged into One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia. Its attractive cover will definitely entice Middle Grade readers, as well as Young Adult readers to discover a crazy summer in Oakland, California in 1968. The novel begins with Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern, threes sisters on their way to Oakland in pursuit of their […]
It’s been a very long while since I read Le Petit Prince and I can’t say that I loved it or understood it very well in high school. It was a reading assignment in second year French. I thought it was a little difficult and absolutely didn’t compare to reading Le Petit Nicolas the year […]
As dubious as I am about reading Young Adult books, I’m always surprised when I manage to find one that’s really worth the read. It seems as if 2013 has been a charm for choosing really good ones. Paper Covers Rock is the story of Alex. A sixteen year old boy lacking assurance and attending […]
Well, well I’ve finally crawled from under my big, slimy rock and started to read the Harry Potter series. I must say that I’m thrilled to have done it and I’m mighty sorry to not have done it sooner. What can I say, Harry Potter is a cool dude! I won’t bore you with a […]
Velveteen is a snarky, intelligent, tenacious teenager who has been kidnapped and murdered by a serial killer called Bonesaw. Velveteen winds up in purgatory where she isn’t in heaven and definitely is not in hell. It’s one of the grayest places you could imagine and it’s parallel to the living world. Velveteen plots on how […]
Another story about a dystopian world. This world is divided into five factions: Amity-quality of being friendly, Candor-quality of being open and honest, Erudite-quality of having or showing great knowledge or learning, Abenegation-quality of self-denial, and Dauntless-quality of fearlessness, determination, and bravery. When teenagers are 16 they must take an orientation test which determines the […]
Katniss Everdeen awakes to District 13 (the rebels) and to the destruction of her home District 12. She doesn’t know what awaits her after her second adventure in the games. The dystopian world of Panem takes a complicated turn for the worst and Katniss has to figure out who she can trust, what is expected […]
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