by WeldonNgetich | Sep 1, 2023 | 2024 and 2025 book reviews
☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ (3/5) Dan Renfrew hates that he’s a time-jumper – 17-year-olds should not be stuck with the responsibility of saving history. But with no one else stepping up to stop Victor Stahl’s plot to take over the world, Dan and his time-jumping partner Sam have no...
by WeldonNgetich | Aug 4, 2023 | 2024 and 2025 book reviews
☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ (5/5) Like many teenage boys, Alex Colling views abortion as something he doesn’t need to have an opinion about—until the political gets personal. It has been a rough year for Alex. In the past twelve months, he has lost his best friend, become the target...
by WeldonNgetich | Aug 4, 2023 | 2024 and 2025 book reviews
☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ (4/5) The author of Ventura and Zelzah follows up that critically acclaimed debut novel with Ventura and Winnetka, a stand-alone work that furthers the adventures of Douglas and his friends as they come of age in Southern California’s San Fernando Valley...
by WeldonNgetich | Aug 4, 2023 | 2024 and 2025 book reviews
☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ (3/5) “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” Muhammad Ali, one of the most revered―and controversial―figures of the 20th Century, immortalized those words with the beauty, strength and originality of his boxing style. Now, his epic story is retold in...
by WeldonNgetich | Jul 7, 2023 | 2024 and 2025 book reviews
☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ (4/5) Thien’s first memory isn’t a sight or a sound. It’s the sweetness of watermelon and the saltiness of fish. It’s the taste of the foods he ate while adrift at sea as his family fled Vietnam. After the Pham family arrives at a refugee camp in Thailand,...
