Category: Young Adult

#NewRelease – The Battle of Marvel Wood by Jim Bates #YA #fantasy

    Synopsis   When Zylan and his band of poachers invade the realm and start hunting unicorns, gamekeeper Yonell and his twelve-year-old daughter Ayla are on the alert to protect them. However, in a skirmish with two of Zylan’s men, Yonell is captured along with Snowflake, the youngest unicorn in the family. The prisoners […]

Review – The Official Fablehaven Cookbook by Brandon Mull & Cherie Mull @ShadowMountn #fantasy #ya #magic #middlegrade #cookbook

    Includes an original, never-before-published story about the Fablehaven woodland brownies by #1 New York Times best-selling author Brandon Mull The Fablehaven house brownies are known for coming into the kitchen at night and baking delightful treats as a surprise for caretakers and their guests. Now, Fablehaven fans can enjoy nearly fifty wondrous recipes inspired by […]

Review – Ghosted by Amanda Quain @QUAINIAC #newrelease #YA #romance #retelling

      Synopsis   Never Have I Ever meets The X-Files in Amanda Quain’s Ghosted, a gender-bent contemporary retelling of the Jane Austen classic, Northanger Abbey. Hattie Tilney isn’t a believer. Yes, she’s a senior at America’s most (allegedly) haunted high school, Northanger Abbey. But ever since her paranormal-loving dad passed away, she’s hung up her Ghostbusters suit, put […]

Review – The Shore of Sun’s Afterglow by Madison McCauley #fantasy #fiction #newrelease

    Synopsis   A long-kept secret. A seaside kingdom. A life-changing revelation.   No stranger to tragedy, Amira seeks joy in the little things—books, nature, her friends, and the memories of her late mother. When she gets the opportunity to leave her sleepy village and visit the kingdom’s capital of Kalopsia, her excitement knows […]

Review & #Giveaway – Magical Elements of the Periodic Table by Sybrina Durant @Sybrina_spt #LSBBT #LoneStarLit #youngreaders #science #TexasAuthor

    Magical Elements of the   Periodic Table   Presented Alphabetically   By the Metal Horn Unicorns   The Blue Unicorn’s Journey to Osm Series   by   Sybrina Durant   Illustrated by Pumudi Gardiyawasam      Children’s Book / Science & Nature / Mythical Creatures Publisher: Sybrina Publishing Date of Publication: February 7, […]

Spotlight – Mentors and Tormentors by Tim Jones, M.D. #comingofage #TexasAuthor #excerpt

    Synopsis   During a span of four inquisitive years, Wendall, an overly curious teen, has his view of the world transformed by a colorful cast of small-town characters. Some are mentors; others are tormentors. However, each one thoroughly comprehends a specific facet of human nature: happiness, manipulation, and saying no, just to name […]