Synopsis Seventeen-year-old Grace Michaels is determined to be thin, even if she dies trying. Part of the in-crowd at Providence High, she is steps away from being asked out by the most desired guy at school, winning a prom queen nomination, and her parents’ approval. If she can just get skinny enough, be pretty enough, […]
Category: Young Adult
Book Title: All the Way to Italy: A modern tale of homecoming through generations past Author: Flavia Brunetti Category: Adult Fiction, 222 pages Genre: Women’s Fiction (can fit into YA Fiction as well) Publisher: Ali Ribelli Edizioni Release date: April 21, 2018 Synopsis Until her dad died, Little considered herself a Californian. Now, thanks to […]
Synopsis Corridors of Time tracks the story of a sensitive young man who grows from carefree childhood to eventful manhood – one who stumbles before learning to stride through those dark and dense passages. Set in Bangalore – a city of paradoxes. of gardens and garbage heaps. of technology and traffic snarls. of friendly people […]
Book Title: The Clock Flower by Barbara Casey (Book 3 of The F.I.G. Mysteries) Category: YA Fiction, 208 pages Genre: Mystery / Fantasy Publisher: Gauthier Publications, The Hungry Goat Press Imprint Release date: February 2018 Content Rating: PG-13 (There is light profanity and some threat of violence.) Synopsis Dara Roux, abandoned when she was seven […]
Synopsis Fourteen-year-old Ozzy lives near Portland, Oregon, and is desperate for help. His scientist parents have been kidnapped after discovering a formula that enables mind control. Their work was so top secret Ozzy is afraid to go to the police, but without help, he fears he’ll never find his parents. Then he stumbles across a […]
Synopsis Nevermore Leone has been raising her sisters practically since they were born. Now she’s seventeen, and they’re wild as could be. She tries to hold her household together but finds it’s almost impossible with a mother that’s nearly never there, and sisters determined to do whatever they want. When she meets Coby Henley, things […]
Synopsis Twelve-year-old Gordy Stitser is one of the few people who knows the truth about the secret society of potions masters, called Elixirists, whose specialized concoctions have been responsible for three centuries of advancements, including hybrid cards, enhanced military weapons, and the cure for the common cold. Not only is Gordy’s mom on the Board […]
Synopsis Summer vacation is Levi London’s favorite time of the year. Each summer, he and his brothers are shipped off to Florida to stay with their grandparents. For ten weeks everything is perfect. He has freedom, fun, and Summer West—the cute and spunky girl across the street—for whom he’s planned to confess his giant crush. […]
Synopsis “The metal horned unicorns are doomed!” That’s what Lauda Lead Horn wailed when she first saw the tribe’s new savior. OK, so his horn was not metal. . .and he did not have a magic power. . .and he was really a puny little runt. But doomed? Were things really that bad? Well, things […]
Review & #Giveaway – Perfectly You by Robin Daniels #5paws #YA
September 8, 2017
Perfectly You by Robin Daniels Ivy Nixon is the student body Vice President at Franklin High School. Each year, the school holds a date auction to raise funds for the senior class graduation party, and this year, Ivy’s in charge. Planning the event is a huge task and Ivy is determined to prove she can […]