Category Archives: Contemporary
Steal This Country: A Handbook for Resistance, Persistence, and Fixing Almost Everything by Alexandra Styron
Steal This Country: A Handbook for Resistance, Persistence, and Fixing Almost Everything by Alexandra Styron. Viking, 2018. ISBN 9780451479372 Format: Hardcover Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 What did you like about the book? This … Continue reading
Prince in Disguise by Stephanie Kate Strohm
Prince in Disguise by Stephanie Kate Strohm, Disney-Hyperion, December 2017 (Hardcover), October 2018 (Paperback). ISBN: 9781484775677. Format: Paperback Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Genre: Contemporary YA Romance What did you like about the book? Dylan is … Continue reading
Four Three Two One – by Courtney Stevens
Four Three Two One – by Courtney Stevens, HarperTeen, 2018. 9780062398543 Format: Hardcover Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Genre: Contemporary Fiction What did you like about the book? On a normal June day, twenty-three people … Continue reading
Any Second by Kevin Emerson
Any Second by Kevin Emerson, Crown Books, 2018. 9780553534825. Format: Hardcover Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3.5 Genre: Contemporary YA Fiction What did you like about the book? The world can change in a moment. Eli is … Continue reading
The Healer by Donna Freitas
The Healer by Donna Freitas, HarperTeen, 2018. 9780062662118. Format: Hardcover Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3.5 Genre: I’m still having a really hard time categorizing this one – Contemporary YA Fiction/Inspirational/Light Magical Realism – honestly there’s probably … Continue reading
Dry by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Dry by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman, Simon & Schuster, October 2018. 9781481481960. Format: Hardcover Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Genre: Contemporary Dystopian YA Fiction What did you like about the book? Everyone will remember … Continue reading
Ana Maria Reyes Does Not Live In A Castle – Hilda Eunice Burgos
Ana Maria Reyes Does Not Live In A Castle – Hilda Eunice Burgos, Tu Books, 9781620143629, 2018 Format: Hardcover Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Genre: Contemporary fiction What did you like about the book? What I … Continue reading
Lions & Liars – Kate Beasley, illustrations by Dan Santat
Lions & Liars – Kate Beasley, illustrations by Dan Santat, Farrar Straus Giroux, (9780374302634), 2018 Format: Hardcover Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Genre: Humor/Contemporary fiction What did you like about the … Continue reading
Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, afterward by Viviana Mazza. Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2018. 9780062696724. Format: Hardcover Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Genre: Contemporary Fiction What did … Continue reading
The Leading Edge of Now – by Marci Lyn Curtis
The Leading Edge of Now – by Marci Lyn Curtis, Kids Can Press Loft (KCP Loft), 2018. 9781771389990 (hardcover) 9781525301391 (softcover). Format: Paperback Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4.5 Genre: Contemporary YA Fiction What did you like … Continue reading
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