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by Rebecca Stead
Some facts about When You Reach Me:
The main character’s name is Miranda.
She is in 6th grade.
The story takes place in 1978 and 1979.
Miranda’s favorite book is A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle.
Miranda’s mother is selected to be a contestant on The $20,000 Pyramid with Dick Clark.
Miranda’s friend Sal got punched for no [...]
by Sarah MacLean
Lady Alexandra, or Alex for short, is destined to have her first London season, to see and be seen, and to catch an eligible and wealthy husband. Unfortunately, Alex is not interested in the least in having a season or a husband. Alex is independent-minded, strong-willed, and not afraid to say what she [...]
by Norah McClintock
Dooley’s life is lived in a fishbowl. Everyone — his uncle with whom he lives, his manager at the video store, the vice-principal at his school — is watching him, waiting for him to mess up again. Dooley has a past with alcohol, drugs, and something even more serious, but he’s done his [...]
by Deanna Raybourn
If you have not yet read Silent in the Grave and Silent in the Sanctuary you might want to skip this review until you do.
Lady Julia is at it again. This time she is accompanying her sister Portia uninvited on a visit to Grimsgrave, the property that is now owned by Brisbane. When [...]
by Linda Gerber
Aphra and her father own an exclusive, secluded island resort. While Aphra loves the beauty of the island and the beaches, she misses civilization — friends, malls, fast food, movies, in general, being a teenager. She also misses her mom who did not move with Aphra and her father when they bought the [...]
by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Camelia’s life is pretty ordinary until the day she almost dies. Walking across the school parking lot, she is barely missed by a careening, out-of-control car. The car only missed her because a young man saved her, pushed her out of the way in the nick of time then left before she [...]
Two years ago Ellie’s older sister Nina mysterious disappeared. She left one night and just never came back. Ellie has never given up hope of one day tracking down her long lost sibling. Though she has tried to move on — working at Mon Coeur, a coffee shop, and partying with her bestfriend Amanda — [...]
by Michele Jaffe
Jas is back (Bad Kitty) and trying not to be up to her same old tricks. She has vowed to be the model daughter so her father (Dadzilla) will allow her to leave her Venice prison and go back to California to be with her super-awesome friends, Polly, Roxy, and Tom, and [...]
by Rosemary Clement-Moore
First, I know that I’ve posted about how uber-excited I was to read Hunger Games and now here I am obviously having read something instead of Hunger Games. I’ve had a very stressful last couple of weeks and needed something lighter to read. I want to be in a fully engaged frame of [...]
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Read-a-like for Deanna Raybourn
For those, like me, who enjoyed Lady Julia Grey you will be happy to know that there is a series that is similar (eerily similar, I think). Author Tasha Alexander has written three books about Lady Emily Bromley, check them out on her website. I picked up the first title, And Only to Deceive but [...]
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