Julianna Baggott's new young adult dystopian novel, Pure,promises to deliver. Touted as the new The Hunger Games Trilogy and with movie rights already sold for the first novel, the hype is indicative of a best selling book. Baggot's descriptive writing pulls the reader in, and the premise behind the book is horrifying. Atomic bombs, set by those... Continue Reading →
It's hard to have a normal life when your parents are paranormal investigators. Charlotte's mother is in a coma after a previous encounter with The Watcher. Her father and sister are struggling to live, the business if falling apart, and Charlotte is left floundering, trying to hold it together and spend time with her boyfriend... Continue Reading →
After fleeing a dying Earth, humans were divided into two classes: trueborns, who had money to buy passage on the ship to the new world, and lowborns, who had to work for their passage. In order to elevate the classes and create a working force, tankborns were created. Tankborns, genetically engineered non-humans (GENs), are created with specific... Continue Reading →
He never claimed to be the missing Cassiel. He just neglected to deny it. Given the choice between being a nobody, nameless and homeless, or being a somebody, with everything you've never had, who wouldn't hesitate? However, pretending to be someone else isn't easy, especially when no one is who they seem. Jenny Valentine's young adult novel,... Continue Reading →
The Five Love Languages of Children, by Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell, is not in and of itself a book about consensual living. It does skirt the issue of consensual living, though, and has merit for some parents. The book as a whole would be stronger if the authors had chosen to make the book... Continue Reading →
Due to recent discussions and inquiries about sex at our house, I had requested the book It's Not the Stork by Robie Harris from our local library. Based on some of the reviews on Amazon, I was expecting a book for older kids and was a little surprised to see the circle on the front as saying it was for... Continue Reading →
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