At the Water’s Edge
Title: At the Water's Edge Author: Sara Gruen Genre: Fiction Release Date: 2015-03-31 Pages: 368 In this new novel from the author of Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen again demonstrates her talent for creating spellbinding period pieces. At the Water’s Edge is a gripping and poignant love story about a privileged young woman’s personal awakening as she experiences the devastations of World War II in a Scottish Highlands village. Madeline Hyde, a young socialite from Philadelphia, reluctantly follows her husband […]
In a Pocket of Time
Title: In a Pocket of Time Author: Helen Matthews Publisher: Amazon Digital Services, Inc. Format: Paperback Pages: 84 Every time Caleb hears a saying, it happens to him. Pockets with watches appear on his shirt when his mum mentions “pockets of time”. He soon finds himself in Brumantia, where you can be thrown in prison for a crime like “being in someone else’s shoes” or end up in hospital with your “fingers crossed” or “sides split”. And just think what […]
Seed
Title: Seed Author: Lisa Heathfield Genre: Juvenile Fiction Publisher: Running Press Kids Release Date: 2015-03-10 Pages: 336 All that Pearl knows can be encapsulated in one word: Seed. It is the isolated community that she was born into. It is the land that she sows and reaps. It is the center of her family and everything that means home. And it is all kept under the watchful eye of Papa S. At fifteen years old, Pearl is finally old enough […]
The Tragic Age
Title: The Tragic Age Author: Stephen Metcalfe Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Release Date: March 3, 2015 Format: Hardcover Pages: 320 This is the story of Billy Kinsey, heir to a lottery fortune, part genius, part philosopher and social critic, full time insomniac and closeted rock drummer. Billy has decided that the best way to deal with an absurd world is to stay away from it. Do not volunteer. Do not join in. Billy will be the first to tell you […]
Nightbird
Title: Nightbird Author: Alice Hoffman Genre: Juvenile Fiction Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books Release Date: 2015 Pages: 208 Twig, aged twelve, is practically ignored by classmates and other residents of Sidwell, Massachusetts, but gets along fine with just her mother and brother, whose presence must be kept secret, until descendants of the witch who cursed her family move in next door and want to be her friends. Review: Alice Hoffman has created a wonderful new fairy tale in “Nightbird” that […]
Pioneer Girl
Title: Pioneer Girl Author: Bich Minh Nguyen Genre: Fiction Publisher: Penguin Books Release Date: 2015-01-27 Pages: 304 Discovering a family heirloom that her mother may have received from Laura Ingalls Wilder, PhD graduate Lee Lien explores the tenuous connection between her ancestors and the famous pioneer author only to discover a trail of clues that lead to fateful encounters. Review: “Pioneer Girl” is an absolutely wonderful novel about a Vietnamese woman born to immigrant parents in the 1970s. As […]
Painless
Title: Painless Author: S.A. Harazin Publisher: Albert Whitman Teen Release Date: March 1, 2015 Format: Hardcover Pages: 272 A first kiss. Falling in love. Going to prom. These are all normal things that most teenagers experience. Except for 17-year-old David Hart. His life is anything but normal and more difficult than most. Because of the disease that wracks his body, David is unable to feel pain. He has congenital insensitivity to pain with anhydrosis–or CIPA for short. One of only […]
Silence
Title: Silence Author: Deborah Lytton Genre: Fiction Publisher: Shadow Mountain Release Date: 2015-03-03 Pages: 320 Love is blind, but it’s also deaf. Stella was born to sing. Someday Broadway. Even though she’s only a sophomore at a new high school, her voice has given her the status as a “cool kid.” But everything changes when a tragic accident renders her deaf. She can’t hear herself sing not to mention speak. She can’t hear anything. Silence. What happens when everything you’ve […]
My Best Everything
Title: My Best Everything Author: Sarah Tomp Genre: Juvenile Fiction Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Release Date: 2015-03-03 Pages: 400 An Appalachian summer walks the line between toxic and intoxicating in this debut novel about first loves, broken hearts, and moonshine. Luisa “Lulu” Mendez has just finished her final year of high school in a small Virginia town, determined to move on and leave her job at the local junkyard behind. So when her father loses her college […]
The Third Twin
Title: The Third Twin Author: CJ Omololu Publisher: Delacorte Press Release Date: February 24, 2015 Format: Hardcover Pages: 336 Identical twins. Identical DNA. Identical suspects. It’s Pretty Little Liars meets Revenge in this edge-of-your-seat thriller with a shocking twist. When they were little, Lexi and her identical twin, Ava, made up a third sister, Alicia. If something broke? Alicia did it. Cookies got eaten? Alicia’s guilty. Alicia was always to blame for everything. The game is all grown up now […]
Follow my book reviews and ramblings:
