Today we’ll be meeting Sarah Hill, a small animal Vet and the children’s author and creator of ‘The Whimsy Wood Series’. She gained her Veterinary Medicine degree at Bristol University in 1999 and worked in practice for 10 years. At that point she had her second daughter and soon after, she decided to take a…
As a teacher fresh out of grad school and subbing for the Los Angeles Unified School District, I began reading YA fiction to uncover gems to motivate my students. I initially discovered Seventeenth Summer by Maureen Daly. Published in 1942 and considered the first book explicitly written for teens, Daly’s novel for girls had a…
In 2044 a soccer tournament determines which nation will lead and teens are the pawns.
With her life in threads Maddy Peters heads West for a new life finding love on an Iowa farm.
In 2015 Pop’s Blog erupted on the Net reviewing over 30 YA novels and short stories. We decided to focus our attention on books published by independent publishers and authors because too many review sites tend to ignore these amazing books. Yes, we’ve read and reviewed popular books like Paper Towns by John Green, but…
Will Crockett is tired of being rejected at school and home. He wishes for a new life not realizing he should be careful what he wishes for.
If you are a student in fifth grade through high school and would like to review a book for Pop’s Blog, feel free to submit it to Pop at [email protected]. Today’s guest reviewer is Martik Arakelyan, who will review Diary of a 6th Grade Ninja. About the Reviewer Martik Arakelyan is a 5th grade student…
A website is like a living organism. If it is going to thrive and flourish it needs to grow. Pop’s Blog is no different. Since the blog is about to turn one years old, I’ve decided to include YA short stories written by myself or guest writers. So if you have a story you’d like to…
Annie Rustle raised her grandson, Jimmy Rustle after he lost his parents in a car accident. He and his best friend and neighbor, Lisa Parker spend a lot of time together. One Christmas Annie has an idea. Why not create a Christmas time-capsule ornament out of paper mache and insert a list of things the…
Coined by Gibor Basri, a professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, a planemo is a rogue planet between the stars. Author Colin Edwards developed this concept as the premise for his novel, The Ark: A New Beginning. What would happen if a planemo named Ronin headed for Earth and collided with our…