When Amanda and I were browsing the YA section of our local Half-Price Books looking for some books to take on our summer vacation, Amanda asked, “Can I read the books of Pretty Little Liars?” (knowing that I’ve already forbidden the TV show that so many of her friends watch). I told her no. I…
Category Archives: High School
Don’t Check Your Brains at the Door
As a Christian parent, my greatest desire is that my children will love Jesus and follow the Bible in all things. We study the Bible together daily, and I try to discuss my faith with them throughout all our experiences. While the Bible is my greatest tool, I also enjoy sharing books with my children…
What Comes After
What Comes After by Steve Watkins reminds me of why I love Young Adult fiction. I love reading about young women who are coming into themselves. They are so sure of themselves, yet reading as an adult, I can see where they are so wrong. But we learn from our mistakes, and that confidence that…
Desert Crossing
Jamie couldn’t stop in time. There was no way to miss the coyote running across the road. It was a coyote wasn’t it? It was Lucy’s idea to stop and make sure. What they found on the side of the road put an unexpected kink in their road trip. Traveling to Phoenix to visit her…
Beauty Queens
I’ve recently read a few adult social satire novels (or if not satire, at least social commentary), but I don’t know if I’ve read anything specifically geared to teens. Libba Bray’s Beauty Queens cracked me up from the beginning. It’s a Young Adult novel aimed at older teens, but one that women readers are likely…
Beastly
Beastly is a modern spin on the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale. The YA genre is the perfect place to highlight fantasy, because teens certainly recognize the beastly nature of love and the beauty of a fairy tale romance. To me the mark of good fantasy fiction is that you focus more on the…
Die For Me
An interview with my daughter Ilsa, 14, about the book Die for Me What did you like about this book? It was about as good as a book can get when it involves French zombies and crazy sisters! I thoroughly enjoyed it. Tell me about what happens. Kate’s parents die and she and her sister…
Illusions: Aprilynne Pike’s “Wings” series
My daughter Amanda and I first read Wings when it first came out. It’s the story of 15-year-old Laurel in the year that her life changes a lot: she goes from being homeschooled to public high school, and oh yeah, after she sprouts a blossom on her back, she finds out that she’s actually a…
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