Four out of the ten books on the Amazon Best Sellers list are Hunger Games books. The original book has been in the top 100 for 500 days. I assume it dropped off at some point, but the 2nd and 3rd in the series have been on for around 800 and 700 respectively, which is…
Category Archives: High School
Four Letter Words
In this introduction to apologetics for today’s Christian teen or young adult, Bill Giovannetti posits that the “core beliefs of the Christian faith have become today’s four letter words.” We live in a culture where confidently stating what you believe is often labeled as narrow-minded intolerance rather than as an expression of personal faith. Giovannetti…
Winter Town
Evan Owens (who has to be Welsh, with a name like that!) is in his senior year of high school, a highly-motivated straight-A student whose parents are determined that he make all decisions with the goal of getting into an Ivy League college. His best friend from childhood, Lucy Brown, now lives in Atlanta, Georgia,…
Dark of the Moon
Dark of the Moon manages to be historic fiction as well as a retelling of a well-known myth, and as such, it’s extremely well-done. Ariadne, the Goddess-Who-Will-Be, is in many ways a normal 15 year old girl, insecure in some ways, chafing against the life she’s always known while at the same time embracing impending…
The Name of the Star
The Name of the Star is Maureen Johnson’s latest YA book. The ONLY reason I got this audiobook was because it was by Maureen Johnson, and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed her Suite Scarlett books. The blurb of this book said it was funny, so I trusted that somehow Jack the Ripper and foggy ghostly looking covers…
YA Books for Boys, with giveaway
There has been big push in recent years to get boys more interested in reading. Jon Scieszka’s Guys Read collection is a good start, but his lists are geared toward middle grade boys, and rightfully so, since that’s when boys who like reading start to lose interest. But there’s still a pretty big gap in…
First Day on Earth
As my oldest child gets closer and closer to his teenage years, I find myself trying to read a bit more YA fiction in anticipation of what he’ll be reading soon enough. Not being very well-versed in this age bracket of reading, I sometimes have difficulty differentiating between YA fare and more sophisticated middle grade…
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