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BROWSE BOOK REVIEWS




Children's and Teen: High School


Cover art for MY BOYFRIEND BITES
CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2011
by Dan Jolley, illustrated by Alitha E. Martinez

"Hip, steamy fun. (Graphic paranormal romance. 12-14)"
A small-town teen fond of taking on difficult boyfriends as "projects" acquires a taste for tougher challenges when her newest one turns into a giant bat. Read full book review >
Cover art for ANYA'S GHOST
CHILDREN'S
Released: June 7, 2011
by Vera Brosgol, illustrated by Vera Brosgol

"A book sure to haunt its reader long after the last past is turned—exquisitely eerie. (Graphic supernatural fiction. 12 & up)"
A deliciously creepy page-turning gem from first-time writer and illustrator Brosgol finds brooding teenager Anya trying to escape the past—both her own and the ghost haunting her. Read full book review >