Synopsis from Goodreads: In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue–Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will […]
Review | Cinder by Marissa Meyer
2012-06-06 · by ·
Synopsis from Goodreads: Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . . Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen […]
Review | Heroes by Robert Cormier
2012-01-05 · by ·
For those of us who have never known war, there’s something chilling about the post-war experience of those who have. For all the bullet-dodging action heroes that Hollywood produces and America consumes, we rarely get a taste for the horrors that the scarred veteran must face upon return to the home-front. Even when a movie […]
Review | The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card
2011-03-15 · by ·
Danny North knew from early childhood that his family was different, and that he was different from them. While his cousins were learning how to create the things that commoners called fairies, ghosts, golems, trolls, werewolves, and other such miracles that were the heritage of the North family, Danny worried that he would never show […]
Review | The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus #1) by Rick Riordan
2010-11-30 · by ·
Riordan has done it again! So much so, that I think this was my favorite of all his books that I’ve read so far. It’s been a while since I’ve posted a book review despite having read a handful of books in the last little while. But after reading this gem of a book, I […]
Review | Dark Life by Kat Falls
2010-08-20 · by ·
Dark Life is a post-apocalyptic type book. As a result of climate change and earthquakes, the world’s oceans have risen and there is little land for humans to live on. Topsiders (people who live on land) live in stack cities with virtually no space to move around. Ty and his family are ‘pioneer’ settlers that […]
Review | The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
2010-01-08 · by ·
Wow. I just finished reading The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt. It definitely makes my top ten list of all time. It took me a few pages to get into, but once there, it just kept getting better and better. I laughed out loud, I cried, I laughed again and cried again. I don’t […]
Review | The Amaranth Enchantment by Julie Berry
2009-06-28 · by ·
Lucinda is a Cinderella of sorts. Her parents died when she was a young child and she was raised by her uncle and resentful aunt. A mysterious woman leaves a wondrous purple stone with Lucinda’s uncle. As fate would have it, Lucinda comes into possession of the stone and subsequently it is stolen from her. […]
