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Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale by Myracle, Lauren

May 16, 2019 by cosbrarian 2 Comments

Under the Moon is from the new DC Ink imprint of YA graphic novels based on its popular characters. In this, we meet 14 year old Selina Kyle, living with her single mom and her mom’s abusive boyfriend. Selina is sort of getting by, but when her mom’s boyfriend’s violence goes too far, she leaves home and school to live on the streets. There, she meets a group of young bandits who take her in on a plot to steal a valuable book from Wayne […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult Tagged With: catwoman, DC, DC Comics, dc ink, Graphic Novel, Lauren Myracle, YA, Young Adult

Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult · Tags: catwoman, DC, DC Comics, dc ink, Graphic Novel, Lauren Myracle, YA, Young Adult ·
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“They don’t tell you that hurt travels at light-speed too.”

Nyxia by Reintgen, Scott

May 15, 2019 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

Emmett Atwater is one of ten disadvantaged teens who have been recruited by super-corporation Babel for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: To travel into deep space to newly discovered planet Eden and mine its incredibly versatile and valuable material: Nyxia, an element that has seemingly endless possibilities (it can be manipulated into weapons, into a power source, into smoke, and much more).  Eden is inhabited, and Babel’s first mission there was deadly – the inhabitants of Eden (humanoid aliens) slaughtered most of an Earth crew, except for […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #Science Fiction, deep space, diverse books, nyxia trilogy, scott reintgen, series opener, trilogy, we need diverse books, YA, Young Adult

cosbrarian's CBR11 Review No:31 · Genres: Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #Science Fiction, deep space, diverse books, nyxia trilogy, scott reintgen, series opener, trilogy, we need diverse books, YA, Young Adult ·
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It’s like you’re a mirror/my mirror staring back at me/oooooh!

Otherbound by Duyvis, Corrine

May 14, 2019 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

(Blame “It’s Gonna Be May” on my Timberlake quote) Nolan Santiago suffers from frequent blackouts. His family has been desperate to find the medication that will ease his daily and frequent epileptic fits. But the reason nothing is working is because Nolan isn’t having fits. When Nolan closes his eyes – even when he merely blinks – he is in another world, and in another life. Amara has been a servant on the run for most of her life. She was pulled from the palace […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: bisexual character, corrine duyvis, Disability, diverse books, dual narration, dual narrative, YA, Young Adult

Genres: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: bisexual character, corrine duyvis, Disability, diverse books, dual narration, dual narrative, YA, Young Adult ·
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The pecan doesn’t fall far from the tree.

The Lying Woods by Elston, Ashley

May 13, 2019 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

The Lying Woods is a quiet YA mystery surrounding a family scandal. Owen has just been pulled out of his fancy boarding school upon the news that his father has left town,  taking with him millions of embezzled funds from the fracking company he runs. The company employed most of Owen’s small town, so when Owen is forced to return home and enroll in the public school, he doesn’t have any friends left there – as far as they’re concerned, Owen’s cushy life was lived […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Young Adult Tagged With: ashley elston, dual narrative, dual timelines, family drama, family scandal, Louisiana, mystery, YA, Young Adult

cosbrarian's CBR11 Review No:29 · Genres: Mystery, Young Adult · Tags: ashley elston, dual narrative, dual timelines, family drama, family scandal, Louisiana, mystery, YA, Young Adult ·
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Probably very good, but not my cup of tea

Dry by Neal and Jarrod Shusterman

May 7, 2019 by crystalclear 1 Comment

The only reason I read this is because of a coworker.  She was super into it, and wanted our department to read it as a mini book club.  So I picked it up, and I could tell it wasn’t my preferred reading genre. This is realistic fiction, and it’s a little too real for me.  And depressing. And I was reading this while listening to The Book Thief, and that was waaaaay too much depressing at once.     The basic premise is that Colorado […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr11, DNF, dry, jarrod shusterman, Neal Shusterman, Realistic fiction, YA

crystalclear's CBR11 Review No:28 · Genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: cbr11, DNF, dry, jarrod shusterman, Neal Shusterman, Realistic fiction, YA ·
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Justice served with a side of pineapple. That’s what I’m here for.

Sunbolt by Intisar Khanani

May 5, 2019 by tillie 2 Comments

Sunbolt is one of those books that suck you in and you can’t put down. We meet Hitomi as she is on her way to a secret meeting that she hasn’t been invited to. A fortune teller stops her and begs to tell her fortune (which is of course delightfully vague and thrillingly ominous) telling her to run. Soon, sure enough the armed guards of the evil Blackflame are at her heals and she must run to escape them. Not just because she is foreign, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr11, Fiction, Intisar Khanani, Mathildehoeg, Sunbolt, tilliereads, YA, Young Adult

tillie's CBR11 Review No:14 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, cbr11, Fiction, Intisar Khanani, Mathildehoeg, Sunbolt, tilliereads, YA, Young Adult ·
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