by WeldonNgetich | Oct 6, 2023 | 2024 and 2025 book reviews
☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ (5/5) For seventeen-year-old Shaun Treadway, terror and rage are a way of life. Living with the fear that his abusive stepfather will one day kill his mother, Shaun decides to kill him first—by setting fire to his childhood home with his stepfather inside....
by WeldonNgetich | Oct 6, 2023 | 2024 and 2025 book reviews
☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ (5/5) Thirteen-year-old Jonah is determined to prove that anxiety won’t stop him from succeeding as his hockey team’s goalie in this dynamic novel in verse. This contemporary ice hockey-story for pre-teens is rather unusual for being written in lyrics....
by WeldonNgetich | Oct 6, 2023 | 2024 and 2025 book reviews
☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ (3/5) He has uncovered ancient secrets at a great cost. Now he must embrace his destiny to unleash the truth. Jack Reynolds is the only one who can wield the power of Eden’s Star, but can he control it before it destroys him? Hunted across international...
by WeldonNgetich | Sep 1, 2023 | 2024 and 2025 book reviews
☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ (4/5) Sixteen-year-old Dale Cardigan is a loner who’s managed to make himself completely invisible at his all-boys high school. He doesn’t fit with his classmates (whom he gives nicknames in his head), his stepbrother (whom nobody at school knows he’s...
by WeldonNgetich | Sep 1, 2023 | 2024 and 2025 book reviews
☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ (3/5) A resourceful teenager in rural Vermont struggles to hold on to the family home while his mom recovers from addiction in this striking debut novel. Ian Gray isn’t supposed to have a dog, but a lot of things that shouldn’t happen end up happening...