Everyone calls Nate Brodie Brady because he's a New England quarterback, just like his idol, Tom Brady. And now he's got a chance to win a million dollars by throwing one pass through a target at halftime in the Patriots; Thanksgiving night game. More than anything, Nate's family needs the money--his dad's been downsized, his … Continue reading Review: Million Dollar Throw
It's September 11, 2001. Brandon, a 9-year-old boy, goes to work for the day with his dad . . . at the World Trade Center in New York City. When two planes hit the towers, Brandon and his father are trapped inside a fiery nightmare as terror and confusion swirl around them. Can they escape … Continue reading Review: Ground Zero
Art and Camille head to London to find her estranged father, and soon find themselves embroiled in a heist involving a long-dead monarch.No matter how dangerous his adventures have been, Art has always been able to count on his best friend, Camille. Now that Camille is meeting her estranged father, Art wants to be there for her—which … Continue reading Review: The Crown Heist
Sixteen-year-old Tessa Johnson has never felt like the protagonist in her own life. She’s rarely seen herself reflected in the pages of the romance novels she loves. The only place she’s a true leading lady is in her own writing—in the swoony love stories she shares only with Caroline, her best friend and #1 devoted … Continue reading Review: Happily Ever Afters
Passionate, stirring and faith-inspiring, this autobiography captures and transports the reader's mind and heart to a village in Transylvania beginning in the early 20th century. As the story unfolds, the struggles of a son born into a large family, the dividing effects of World War II, and the oppression of Christian believers in Communist-dominated countries … Continue reading Review: Called to Serve
In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time . . .From the author of Before the Coffee Gets Cold comes Tales from the Cafe, a … Continue reading Review: Tales From the Café
Two kings now claim the throne of Camelot, but only one is the True King. Nearly every kingdom of the Woods has pledged their loyalty to King Rhian over the Storian; all but one. The ring of Camelot is the only ring that stands, keeping the Storian alive, and now that Tedros has it, the … Continue reading Review: One True King
A false king has seized Camelot’s throne, sentencing Tedros, the true king, to death. While Agatha, narrowly escapes the same fate, Sophie is caught in King Rhian’s trap. With her wedding to Rhian approaching, she’s forced to play a dangerous game as her friends’ lives hang in the balance.All the while, King Rhian’s dark plans … Continue reading Review: A Crystal of Time
The students at the School for Good and Evil thought they had found their final Ever After when they vanquished the malevolent School Master. Now, on their required fourth-year quests, the students face obstacles both dangerous and unpredictable, and the stakes are high: success brings eternal adoration, and failure means obscurity forever.For their quests, Agatha … Continue reading Review: Quests for Glory
Moving in with twelve boys was not part of her plan.Jackie's goal is perfection--perfect grades, the perfect look, getting into the perfect school. If she can achieve that, then maybe her too-busy mom and dad will take notice. But when her parents die in a tragic accident, Jackie is shipped off across the country to … Continue reading Review: My Life With the Walter Boys
Tabitha and her four best friends all wear purity rings, symbols of the virginity-until-marriage pledge they made years ago. Now Tab is fifteen, and her ring has come to mean so much more. It’s a symbol of who she is and what she believes—a reminder of her promises to herself, and her bond to her … Continue reading Review: Pure
Gecko Fosse drove the getaway car. Terence Florian ran with the worst gang in Chicago. Arjay Moran killed someone.All three boys are serving time in juvenile detention centers until they get a second chance. Douglas Healy, a former juvenile delinquent himself, is running an experimental halfway house in New York City, where he wants to … Continue reading Review: The Juvie Three
In this standalone companion to The Van Gogh Deception, Art and Camille team up once again to solve a large museum theft, using one of the biggest heists in history to help them solve the case.Something’s brewing at the National Portrait Gallery Museum in Washington, D.C. twelve-year-old Art is sure of it. But his only proof that a … Continue reading Review: The Rembrandt Conspiracy
When a young boy is discovered in Washington DC’s National Gallery without any recollection of who he is, so begins a high-stakes race to unravel the greatest mystery of all: his identity.As the stakes continue to rise, the boy must piece together the disjointed clues of his origins while using his limited knowledge to stop one … Continue reading Review: The Van Gogh Deception
I'm guilty of doing this, so I'm not coming down on anyone. For the longest time, actually, I would just refer to Young Adult books as a genre of books. The problem with calling YA a genre is the fact that it's not really a genre. It's an audience target. Much like children's books are … Continue reading We Need to Stop Calling YA a Genre
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