Cas Lowood has not led a normal life. He’s a killer of ghosts, like his father before him. But now is father is gone, killed by a ghost he sought. Cas and his mother, a white witch, travel the world chasing legends and stories, which Cas brings to a final end with an enchanted dagger….
Tag: young adult fiction
Review: Eragon
(I read this book as part of the Pay it Sideways Challenge. Join in anytime, we’d love to have you!) Eragon has spent his first 15 years in the village of Carvahall, farming with Garrow, the man who raised him when his mother vanished, and hunting in the Spine, a mysterious and dangerous mountain range….
Review: Hurt Go Happy
Thirteen year-old Joey is used to being left out of conversations. She’s been deaf since the age of six, but her mother’s refusal to let her learn sign language has forced her to rely on lip-reading — a practice that any deaf person will tell you is always difficult, and sometimes impossible. But an accidental…
Review: The Pox Party
Raised by a bizarre group of rational philosophers Boston during the years leading up to the American Revolution, Octavian has on some level realized that the life he leads is not normal. He spends his days studying ancient languages, and his evenings in the company of his teachers and mother, a gorgeous woman who was…
Review: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Charlie is an odd kid. He’s spent the first 15 years of his life as a “wallflower,” the person who hangs back and watches life go by. Charlie’s been alone since his only friend, Michael, committed suicide, and he is worried about surviving his first year of high school. And so it is that in…