Title: Picture the Dead Author: Adele Griffin and Lisa Brown Genre: Young Adult, Supernatural/Paranormal Publication Date: 2010 It is 1864, and Jennie Lovell is alone. Orphaned as children, she and her twin brother Toby have survived living with their aunt and uncle by playing spy and leaving notes for each other. But that was years…
Tag: young adult fiction
“What’s so special about you, Ai Ling?”
Title: Silver Phoenix: Beyond the Kingdom of Xia Author: Cindy Pon Genre: Young Adult Publication Date: 2010 Ai Ling’s betrothal has just fallen through. Too tall, according to her would-be mother-in-law. Not that she said this out loud — Ai Ling could hear the woman’s thoughts. And that’s not the only weird thing that’s been…
“It started when we set Brooklyn on fire.”
Title: The Throne of Fire Author: Rick Riordan Genre: Young Adult Publication Date: 2011 When last we left Carter and Sadie Kane, things were not going well: they have defeated Set (the Egyptian god of storms and destruction), only to the faced with the realization that Apophis, the lord of chaos, will soon break free…
“Aisling’s mother died at midsummer.”
Title: Ash Author: Malinda Lo Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal/Supernatural Publication Date: 2009 Aisling’s childhood home is nestled at the edge of the Wood, a vast untraveled forest rumored to be the home of elves and spirits. Many dismiss these rumors as mere fairy tales, but Ash knows better: she has seen spirits, stepped into a…
“Even before he got electrocuted, Jason was having a rotten day.”
Title: The Lost Hero Author: Rick Riordan Genre: Young Adult Fiction Publication Date: October 2010 Jason wakes with a start. He’s on a bus holding hands with Piper, a girl he doesn’t know, and a boy called Leo is cracking jokes with him like they’ve been friends forever. Jason has apparently been a student at…