Suzanne Collins lives in my area. Yes, THE Suzanne Collins. She generally does library and school appearances and signings, but the past couple of years, she’s been very busy with the release of Catching Fire and Mockingjay (linked to Dawn’s review), and I don’t know if you knew that she’s writing the screenplay for The…
Category Archives: High School
Mockingjay
Mockingjay. This is the one word that’s been on many, many lips since the third book was announced in The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. Forget sparkly vampires, this one is all about a dystopian world in which society as we know it has been gone for quite some time, and in its place…
Suite Scarlett and Scarlett Fever
Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson is a somewhat old fashioned tale. For one, the family lives in a hotel. Isn’t that just a perfect setting for a classic teen novel? Secondly, it’s a family story. Scarlett isn’t one of those YA heroines who spends time hanging out with friends, ditching school and going to parties….
The Adoration of Jenna Fox
You may be one of the throng who are waiting for 8/24/10 when Mockingjay is released and concludes The Hunger Games trilogy (linked to Dawn’s review if you aren’t sure what all the hubbub is about). But The Hunger Games isn’t the only dystopian YA lit out there. While you are waiting for your copy…
The Fat Boy Chronicles
As adults, we are well aware of the health implications of being overweight, and unfortunately, these problems are being experienced by more children and young adults than ever. Perhaps as equally damaging are the mental health effects felt by young people whose obesity becomes the target for ridicule and shame. The Fat Boy Chronicles is…
The Sky is Everywhere
One day Lennie has a sister, a prominent place in the band as a clarinet player, a best friend – she’s basically a normal 17-year-old girl. The next day her older sister Bailey dies, and it changes everything. The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson is about Lennie’s journey as she is learning to cope…
The Iron King
I’ve just spent an enjoyable few days with Julie Kagawa’s The Iron King. Her inventive fey (faery) world pulled me right in. It’s one of those imagined worlds that has you amazed at the detail and the thought that went in behind it. This book seems to be marketed to girls (from the cover and…
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