Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars This book swelled my heart with hope and happiness un...
Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta My rating: 4 of 5 stars Required reading for young teens, Looking for Alabrandi is a beautifully realised tale of grow...
The Martian by Andy Weir My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars Fast-paced, nail-biting sci-fi with a huge helping of self-deprecating humour. The Martian is easily one of t...
I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book broke my heart. Smashed it into little pieces. Then, little by little, it put it b...
Zone One by Colson Whitehead My rating: 3 of 5 stars The best I can give this book is a half-hearted ‘meh’. I’m so disappointed, because I do ...
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel My rating: 5 of 5 stars Station Eleven reminds us of the fragility of our lives, our society and our civilization. How, ...
Romy is an interesting YA dystopian novel set in a post-apocalyptic imagining of Earth in 2255. The story is told by protagonist Romy, who is a teenager born in...
It is the future: Where American children have an electronic ‘feed’ implanted into their brain. This embedded machine grows with them and takes over...
“I am a blood soaked girl” What an opening line! It sets the tone for the most engaging and unique YA novels of 2015. The genre of Young Adult is fl...
“You get used to people being a certain way; you depend on it. And when they surprise you, for better or worse, it can shake you to your core.” I ow...