A delectable ghost story set in wintry Vermont. Three found friends: lonely, bookworm Ollie, literate hockey player Brian, and recent city transplant Coco... all go on a wild adventure to save their sixth grade class. Ollie lost her mother last year and has retreated away from the chess club and the softball team into her... Continue Reading →
Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
You know those books that stalk you? The ones that you see everywhere you go? In the library or the bookstore or while you're surfing the web... This book is one of those. I had it on my wishlist on Amazon and when it went on sale, I picked it up immediately. Simon is being... Continue Reading →
MCMLXXV Vol 1. By Joe Casey, Ian MacEwan (Illustrator)
A badass cabbie who takes on creatures from another dimension... every night. Whatever you do: Do Not Get Out Of The Cab! Pamela Evans was taken from her streets of NYC and trained to fight a war that wasn't hers. She cracked countless heads with her mystical tire iron, and searched for a way back... Continue Reading →
The Oddmire, Book 1: Changeling by William Ritter
An old-fashion story that plays to so many of the elements children have loved for ages. The goblin stealing the human baby... the Wild Wood encroaching on the town... and the quest to save earth from the evil horde. The Oddmire starts with a description of The Thing. A spectral evil being that feeds on... Continue Reading →
The Boy and Girl Who Broke the World by Amy Reed
Billie and Lydia are high school seniors on the depressed coast of Washington. With an economy frozen by the shuttered lumber industry, the two area high schools are forced to be combined. This heightens the rivalry instead of putting it to rest, but it does allow the two social outsiders to meet. Each are targets... Continue Reading →