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Applause for The Pilgrim's Progress
There are some stories we fancy we know so well that we don't bother to pick up the book—and for a long time, for me, that was The...
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Aug 1, 20202 min read
Sky Without Stars, by Jessica Brody and Joanne Rendell: Review
On the planet of Laterre, the oppressed Third Estate lives to provide for the privileged higher classes beneath a sky that never clears....
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Jul 18, 20202 min read
Wonder, by R.J. Palacio: Review
Fifth grade is a challenge for any normal kid, but ask Auggie Pullman and he would tell you that he is far from normal. Born with a...
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Jul 15, 20202 min read
On Guard! A Fib To Watch For in Fiction
Last night, somewhere around midnight, I finished a YA fantasy duology that proved disappointing. Despite engaging writing, a unique...
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Jun 5, 20202 min read
Romanov, by Nadine Brandes: Review
Ex-princess Anastasia "Nastya" Romanov is the last hope for her family. As the Russian Revolution drives the royals into Siberian exile,...
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May 22, 20202 min read
Infernal Devices, by Philip Reeve: Review
Fifteen-year-old Wren Natsworthy has grown up in Anchorage, the Traction City-turned-static on the dead North American continent. Her...
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May 8, 20201 min read
A Time to Die, by Nadine Brandes: Review
Parvin Blackwater's Clock gives her little more than eighteen years to live, and at the last year mark, she knows she's wasted them....
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Apr 11, 20202 min read
The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien: Review
Bilbo Baggins is a very respectable hobbit: he lives in a fine, cozy hobbit-hole and never does anything unexpected. So when the wizard...
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Mar 21, 20202 min read
Mortal Engines, by Philip Reeve: Review
London is on the hunt—one of the great Traction Cities that prowls the desolate Hunting Grounds in search of towns to devour. To young...
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Feb 7, 20202 min read
The Adventures of Robin Hood, by Howard Pyle: Review
"In merry England in the time of old, when good King Henry the Second ruled the land, there lived within the green glades of Sherwood...
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Jan 17, 20202 min read
"Rook" is Amazing. Here's Why.
Okay, I know I recently posted a review on Sharon Cameron's exceptionally masterful work of YA fiction, but since I was only able to...
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Dec 7, 20192 min read
Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens: Review
Oliver Twist is born with no name between the walls of a government-funded shelter for the poor, and in minutes, he is an orphan. Named...
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Nov 22, 20192 min read
Friday Not-Fave: The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde
Dorian Gray is an exceptional young man who enamours everyone he meets with the air of innocence and purity belied by his beauty. And...
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Nov 2, 20192 min read
River Secrets, by Shannon Hale: Review
When Bayern sends an ambassador into the land of Tira, Razo feels under-qualified to be chosen as part of the escort. After all, he's...
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