by Walter Dean Myers
Reese is in a juvie jail called the Progress Center. Busted after money woes caused him to steal prescription sheets from a local doctor’s office, he’s almost to the end of his 2.5 year sentence. Reese is overall a good kid, he’s even scored a spot in a new work release program [...]
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Review: Lockdown
Review: She’s So Dead to Us
by Kieran Scott
When Ally was a freshman, her father’s bad business decision cost her family their fortune, as well as the fortunes of most of her closest friends. Ally and her parents fled in shame and haven’t been back to their hometown, Orchard Hill, since. Now it is just Ally and her mother, her father’s [...]
Review: The Indigo Notebook
by Laura Resau
Every year Zeeta and her mother, Layla, move to a different country. Zeeta gets settled in, makes new friends, and Layla gets the itch. This year Layla has chosen Ecuador. Besides her one year itch, another of Layla’s other many flaws, according to Zeeta, is her taste in men. Layla goes for clowns, [...]
ROYAL Roundup: November
My Reviewers of Young Adult Literature (ROYAL) group met tonight to share the books we read and reviewed in the past two months. Being awesome, as usually, I did not yet read two of my assigned titles, Ash by Melinda Lo and Ghost Huntress: The Awakening by Marley Gibson. I’ll add those to the next [...]
Review: Tripping
by Heather Waldorf
Rainey is excited about her summer away on an educational tour of Western Canada called WESTEX. She and five other teens will hike, camp, and learn about survival and Canadian history for eight weeks. Rainy is looking to get away from her father and his new wife for awhile. Looking to leave the [...]
The Brothers Torres
by Coert Voorhees
Frankie looks up to his older brother Steve. Steve seems to have it all — he’s an excellent soccer player and is more than likely going to get a scholarship to college because of it, he’s smart, he’s cute, and he could get any girl he wants. Sure, Frankie and Steve’s parents seem [...]
The Secret Life of Prince Charming
by Deb Caletti
Quinn loves her dad. She knows he’s not perfect but he’s charismatic, outgoing, fun; it’s hard not to love him. One thing she can’t deny, he’s a womanizer. Quinn doesn’t even know all of the women he’s ever been with. She knows he broke her mother’s heart and left her family — mom, [...]
Fancy White Trash
by Marjetta Geerling
Abby Savage’s life seems like a soap opera. See if you can keep up with this: Abby’s mother is married to a man, dubbed Guitar Guy, half her age who is also the ex-boyfriend of both of Abby’s older sisters, Shelby and Kait. Not only has Guitar Guy dated both of Abby’s sisters, [...]
Something, Maybe
by Elizabeth Scott
Hannah’s parents are so outlandish and memorable Hannah spends most of her time trying to blend in and become invisible. Hannah’s mother is Candy Madison, of candymadison.net. Her two biggest claims to fame are 1. Once being one of Jackson James’ girlfriends and 2. Appearing almost nude holding a pizza box in a [...]
Dooley Takes the Fall
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 [...]
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