Tag: young adult novels

Gateway 15:  Reality Check by Peter Abrahams

Gateway 15: Reality Check by Peter Abrahams

I’m beginning to feel like most of the Gateway nominees have male protagonists. Not sure, I’m going to look through them again to make sure, but right now I feel like all my stories I’m reading are about boys. I’ve got 10 more to get read this month, so I guess I’d better get going!! […]

Posted November 7, 2010 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments
Matched by Ally Condie

Matched by Ally Condie

This is another of the Penguin teen advance reader books I had to read. And I loved it! It’s set in the future. Our main character is Cassia. We first meet Cassia on her way to her Match Banquet. In this future society, everyone is matched sometime during their 17th year. They get to wear […]

Posted October 28, 2010 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments
Nightshade by Andrea Cremer

Nightshade by Andrea Cremer

This was another of the Penguin YA advanced readers books I got back in August. Wasn’t sure if I’d like it. The cover is a little freaky for my taste. I know, I know, don’t judge a book by its cover, but be honest, it’s hard not to just a little. Anyway, this is another […]

Posted September 19, 2010 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments
Gateway 7:  Purple Heart by Patricia McCormick

Gateway 7: Purple Heart by Patricia McCormick

I think kids will enjoy this. And I do think it was an interesting look at the war from a young soldier’s point of view. There are some obvious liberal, anti-war statements in the book. Which to me kind of make it so the book is not objective, giving kids a chance to make their […]

Posted September 14, 2010 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments
Gateway 5 – Lost by Jacqueline Davies

Gateway 5 – Lost by Jacqueline Davies

I was so sure I’d love this. I have really enjoyed all the historical fiction I’ve been reading from going through this award nominee selection process the past 2 years. And while this was mostly interesting, I’m not sure it will really pull in the high school age. I think it might actually be more […]

Posted September 6, 2010 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

The 3rd and final installment of the Hunger Games Trilogy that I have been waiting on pins and needles for since last spring. Let’s just say it was very intense. Didn’t like it quite as much as the first two. Probably because what was so unique about the first two was the actual Hunger Games […]

Posted September 2, 2010 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments
The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff

The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff

This is one of the Penguin box of YA advanced readers copies I got last month. The cover as you can see is very creepy looking, almost just like Rosemary’s Baby. Basically the premise is that this is a town where babies disappear out of their cribs all the time, only to be replaced with […]

Posted August 22, 2010 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments
Lobster Land by Susan Carlton

Lobster Land by Susan Carlton

I wanted to like this book so much. The author was so nice when I emailed my request to get an advanced copy. She talked about how authors loved teachers and librarians. And when I got the book? I got an awesome little package of goodies wrapped in a pretty bow. Unfortunately, I can’t give […]

Posted July 29, 2010 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments
Skinned by Robin Wasserman

Skinned by Robin Wasserman

I’m a bit ashamed to start this blog out by saying, I’d seen Robin Wasserman’s books in our teen section for at least 4 or 5 years, yet I’d never read any till just now. I had picked up this very book, and read the back several times, so I was interested in it, just […]

Posted July 23, 2010 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments