Category: Young Adult

Review: Earlier Reads, Reviewed (Briefly)

Posted on January 11, 2010 by

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Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank A sad classic. Should be required reading fo all time. My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier I read this book in junior high and played the part of “Sam” in… Continue Reading “Review: Earlier Reads, Reviewed (Briefly)”

Category: American Civil War, Anne Frank, Coming-of-Age, Fiction, George Selden, Historical, Holocaust, James Collier, James Ullman, Young Adult

Review: The Little Prince by Antoine de St. Exupery

Posted on January 11, 2010 by

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This is the first book to ever make me wish I spoke French. Extraordinarily beautiful and imaginative. I read the book in one sitting, and look forward to picking it up again, or to sharing it with friends. It was truly wonderful and wondrous… Continue Reading “Review: The Little Prince by Antoine de St. Exupery”

Category: Antoine de St. Exupery, Book Review, Fantasy, Fiction, French, Young Adult

>Review: Looking for Alaska by John Green

Posted on January 10, 2010 by

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>In Looking For Alaska, John Green has created a page-turning coming-of-age novel which is every bit as exciting, dangerous, ignorant, and profound as the subject matter itself is: real life. Green scrapes the surface of the most timeless stories of wisdom and transcendence, then… Continue Reading “>Review: Looking for Alaska by John Green”

Category: Book Review, Coming-of-Age, Fiction, John Green, Young Adult

Reviews: The Earlies Part 16

Posted on January 9, 2010 by

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Goat: A Memoir by Brad Land Interesting.. twisted at times. The Order of the Poison Oak by Brent Hartinger Not that great. Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes Wonderful young adult book about a boy growing up during the Revolutionary War. Fun fiction story which… Continue Reading “Reviews: The Earlies Part 16”

Category: Book Review, Brad Land, Brent Hartinger, Damian McNicholl, David Levithan, Esther Forbes, Fiction, Gay Lit, Historical, Mitch Albom, Young Adult

Reviews: The Earlies, Part 12

Posted on January 9, 2010 by

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I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier Awesome book. Wonderfully mind-bending. Definitely my favorite young-adult fiction thriller. Brothers: Life, Death, Truth by Ted Van Lieshout Very touching. Short and sweet. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown Best mystery/thriller I’ve ever read. Even better than… Continue Reading “Reviews: The Earlies, Part 12”

Category: Australia, Dan Brown, Fiction, James Frey, Jonathan Safran Foer, Mary Shelley, Netherlands, Robert Cormier, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sylvia Plath, Ted Van Lieshout, Tim Winton, Young Adult

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