Tag: Reviews

In 1996, the Delacorte Prize for debuting YA and children’s fiction was given to A.M. Jenkins, the Texas writer who has now become well…

“Indigo awoke with a strange feeling of doom hanging over him. It was a minute or two before he realized what it was. Monday.”…

“…there are something like ten thousand religions in the world. What makes them think that they happen to have been born into the right…

Fourteen year old Zimmerman has a strangely mature take on the world in which he lives. He is comfortable with being one-of-a kind. He…

It’s not your typical sports book, because we never see the protagonist play — but baseball still figures largely in A.M. Jenkins’ Out of…

Boy Proof, by Cecil Castellucci is another one of those really sensational novels that you read and feel that the characterization is so detailed,…

If he could figure out why everything always conspired against him, Luke would be a lot happier. It’s not really his fault… I mean,…

I don’t know what it is, but every Kevin Brooks novel I’ve read has left me feeling more than vaguely disturbed. The man messes…

Magical realism for young adults isn’t exactly new – most fairytales could also be listed in that genre – and modern magical realism is…