Read Online: Young Adult Fiction
O Pai da Chuva (2011)
I liked EUPHORIA by Lily King and decided to read Father of The Rain. It's a story about Daley who has a dysfunctional relationship with her father. I liked Daley when the story began but I have to admit that she annoyed me in Part 2 of the story when she decides to return to live with her fath...
Retter der Welt (2009)
Did that just happen?!?!I found myself shifting loyalties throughout the book - especially toward the author. Did I like how he was portraying Lowboy, which was the reason I was drawn to this novel in the first place - there was definitely a personal stakes for me here....At times, I thought the ...
Lowboy. John Wray (2010)
Ik vond dit geen slecht boek maar nu ook niet om te zeggen dat ik het geweldig vond. Het ging over een jongetje dat aan een zware vorm van schizofrenie lijdt en als doel heeft de opwarming van de aarde (en zijn lichaam) tegen te gaan. Dit doel kan hij enkel bereiken door seks te hebben met een wi...
Walk Me Home (2013)
Walk Me Home is a touching story with powerful examples of selfishness, kindness, deceit and determination. 16 year old Carly and 12 year old Jen are the daughters of a woman whose only interest appears to be herself with a suggested history of part-time male partners, the latest 'partner' is Wad...
Football Hero (2008)
This book was one of the best I've read! It was very exciting and action filled with a twist at every corner. I enjoyed this book because it was sporty and detailed. "Football Hero" is about a middle school boy that is living with his unloving aunt and uncle. He lost his family and all he has is...
Sag Harbor (2009)
What it lacks in dramatic happening it makes up for in thick description. At times this latter quality bogs the story down, but once can get invested in the rhythm. In some ways Sag Harbor is an anti-coming-of-age novel. There is no great epiphany. Our hero doesn't triumph and get all the treasur...
Stunde Null (2012)
Wow! I have a new favorite author. Plot twists, character depth, an original storyline ... what more can you ask for? Oh wait, I'd ask for clean enough for my whole family to read it. And it is. He gives us a main character who may be someone worth looking up to, or perhaps has made a mistake. It...
The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint (2012)
I saw a lot of mixed reviews about this book, but I liked it a good bit. It’s not quite a four star effort, but if I could, I would give it three and a half stars. Far from high art, it’s neither ground breaking or innovative, it’s just a good, absorbing story, a fun summer read. The book starts ...
Clean (2012)
To summarize this book in one word I'd say: predictable. Overall I did not enjoy this book. While the subject is of high interest to me, the poor writing of Reed really distracted from the plot. Characters are shallow and one-dimensional and the multiple narrators seemed useless given that the ch...
Lauf, wenn es dunkel wird (2012)
I think this is a very interesting story. This book is about a 15 year old girl named Cheyenne who is blind and is very sick with pneomia. Cheyenne was waiting in the car, for her stepmom to get her antibiotics, when a car thug ( Griffin ) stole the car. Griffin hadn’t meant to kidnap her, but it...
If You Find Me (2013)
Ok, any book that begins by printing G.M. Hopkin's poem, "Spring and Fall" already has me hooked. That was the poem that taught me I could read and interpret poetry for myself...And then, "Lady of Shalott!" What a treasure. Add Pooh and his friends, and we have a very literate narrator. Carey and...
Heft (2012)
I think this was an accurate portrayal of the lives that many people live in this world. Pain is rampant among many who suffer from depression and loss and sometimes this affects their ability to function and lead "normal" lives. The author does a great job of showing her readers a glimpse of pai...
Marcelo en el mundo real (2009)
This book was FANTASTIC--one of my new favorites. Marcelo's perspective gave me a completely new view of autism and what it is like to try to understand the rules of the "real world" in such a different mindset. I loved his view of right and wrong, his wrestles with faith and religion (wrestles t...
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock (2013)
Este es un libro con un tema fuerte, es la historia de un chico que en el día de su cumpleaños decide que va a matar a un compañero de clase para posteriormente suicidarse, pero antes repartirá regalos a 3 personas importantes para el. Básicamente esa es la historia de este libro, sin embargo va ...
When I Found You (2009)
I worked as a child welfare worker in Alabama, and we had a case of a new born baby, being left in a dumpster. That made this book appealing to me. That book was a very sad story. Nate was told lies about being found in the woods, like all babies. He was told his mother had run off to Califor...