Monthly Archives: August 2014
Mirrors Never Lie By Isaacsen-Bright
Caught in the nightmare of anorexia nervosa, Bonnie could lose more than just weight. She could lose her life. I have not been able to uncover any information on this book’s author, the mononomenclature’d Isaacsen-Bright, so I have no idea … Continue reading
Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: Jaws By Peter Benchley
(Click here for information on the 2014 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature. As all of the four five selected titles have filmed adaptations, we will be looking at the movie versions as we go along. … Continue reading
Ransom By Lois Duncan
Five students kidnapped, four families torn apart. Lois Duncan is best known for her YA thrillers that involve a supernatural twist, such as telepathy or psychic intuition or witchcraft. However, her earliest YA works are straightforward suspense and mystery titles … Continue reading
The Changeover By Margaret Mahy
He offers her life, death or the supernatural- but the choice she makes must be her own. Regular readers know that I love the dissonance between a book’s cover art and the actual content. Clearly, Point (Scholastic) is trying to … Continue reading
Lost Classics of Teen Lit: 1939-1989 