by WeldonNgetich | Apr 7, 2023 | archive book reviews, book reviews
Rebecca Strand was just sixteen when she and her father fell to their deaths from the top of the Gibraltar Point Lighthouse in 1839. Just how they fell—or were they pushed?—remains a mystery. And their ghosts haunt the lighthouse to this day. One teen’s summer...
by WeldonNgetich | Mar 3, 2023 | archive book reviews, book reviews
Thirteen-year-old Houston Williams is smart. Very smart. So no one is surprised when he earns a scholarship to attend a prestigious NASA space camp. At the training facility he immediately bonds with his new team, including a girl named Teal. He also clashes with a...
by WeldonNgetich | Mar 3, 2023 | archive book reviews, book reviews
From an Edgar Award-winning author, this historical noir novel follows the life-changing summer of 16-year-old Joe Garbe as he discovers queer community in 1930s Chicago and gets caught up in the city’s crooked underbelly. In the summer of 1934, Joe Garbe...
by WeldonNgetich | Feb 3, 2023 | archive book reviews, book reviews
As an ally, you use your power—no matter how big or small—to support others. You learn, and try, and mess up, and try harder. In this collection of true stories, 17 critically acclaimed and bestselling YA authors get real about being an ally, needing an ally and...
by WeldonNgetich | Feb 3, 2023 | archive book reviews, book reviews
Inspired by the lawless love story of Bonnie and Clyde, Jenna Voris’s heart-stopping tale of passion and crime will have readers seeing stars. Shane and Ava are a team. He steals the aircraft, she charms their mark and together they take what they need. Not even their...
by WeldonNgetich | Feb 3, 2023 | archive book reviews, book reviews
Nick Pappas—a teenage boy with nascent superpowers—has his world turned upside down when he’s taken into witness protection after his superhero father is murdered on national television. But things are not what they appear to be in the small town to which he’s...
