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SEPT. 19, 2011
A world and story both excitingly alien and pleasingly familiar. Full review >
AUG. 30, 2011
Indispensible for those already committed to the series; those who aren’t should go back to the beginning and start.... Full review >
SEPT. 1, 2011
Thirteen-year-old Elsie starts out determined not to like her high-school marching band. She’s only joined because she needs... Full review >
SEPT. 13, 2011
Mikey is a boy from the housing projects, working as a dishwasher in a pub to try and keep his fatherless family together.... Full review >
SEPT. 27, 2011
It’s a sweet love story, where holding hands with Halle, a kiss and being loved for who you are enough to make Baxter’s... Full review >
SEPT. 1, 2011
Nice touches about friendship, kissing, research and the way a boy's curls might touch his collar fully integrate with a... Full review >
SEPT. 27, 2011
A poignant tribute to the life and talent of Siobhan Dowd and an astonishing exploration of fear. Full review >
SEPT. 19, 2011
Determined to decide her own future, Elly refuses to return to Kenya with her missionary parents. Unfortunately her only... Full review >
SEPT. 27, 2011
Rarely—perhaps not since the author’s own Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbringer (2007)—does a series kick off so deliciously. Full review >
SEPT. 1, 2011
Born in England to immigrant parents, Khalid, 15, is an avid soccer fan and fair-to-middling student. He enjoys online... Full review >
SEPT. 13, 2011
Stark, compelling, perceptive: a winner. (Fiction. 12 & up) Full review >
SEPT. 13, 2011
He deftly blurs lines between science and the supernatural, and what results is a long, dark-night-of-the-soul journey for... Full review >
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