Reviews of young adult (YA) and middle grade (MG) books.
Three old friends go on a fishing trip and are thwarted by an intense storm that sidelines them to a creepy motel. Inside the inn they find dead bodies strewn in every room. Who is the murderer at Death Lake Motel?
Macy Steward has more responsibilities at her parent’s vacation retreat than she ever imagined. With the newest visitors, she’s soon to find out.
Four college students find a mysterious road that leads to a church and murder. Will they survive the long night with a gravedigger intent on filling their grave?
This biography about Dr. Martin Luther King is a great springboard for students beginning to study about the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
Once Upon a Curse is a collection of faerie tale revisions you won’t see on the Disney Channel.
A famous sculptor is murdered. The whodunit is secondary to the talented character study of M.C.V. Egan’s focus in this literary novel.
Five young women from diverse backgrounds pull together to survive World War II in a small English village.
Books in general and YA books in particular skirt over the issue of mental illness. Author Peter D. Weiler changes this with five poignant fairy tales about mentally challenged royalty.
Central City is cursed by a demon and it’s up to Supergirl to undo the magic before her city is doomed to remain forever as Ancient Rome.
“The Class of 1983” now has a sequel, “The Summer of 1984”, a YA time travel novel that will keep you turning pages until the surprising climax.