Tag Archives: teen fantasy

Stranger

Posted on May 9, 2015 by Katy K.

So many people I admire were talking up this book – including Charlotte – that I had to read it, especially when I heard that Brown and Smith are self-publishing the second volume to avoid editors trying to talk them … Continue reading →

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The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Katy K.

Still on the “life getting out of hand” subject, I just realized that I never reviewed this book that I finished on Valentine’s Day, though it’s still one of my favorites so far this year. I’ll give it a try … Continue reading →

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Cybils Teen Spec Fic: The Living, Death Sworn, and Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Katy K.

Here’s the first half of the Cybils Teen Speculative Fiction finalists, with more to come. Three very different speculative fiction books, but all good solid choices. Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future by A.S. King. Little, Brown 2014. Glory O’Brien, … Continue reading →

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The Demon Catchers of Milan and The Halcyon Bird

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Katy K.

I was lucky enough to win The Halcyon Bird from Charlotte at Charlotte’s Library (in a rare-for-her YA book giveaway), which naturally meant that I had to go back and read the first one from my library’s copy. The Demon … Continue reading →

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The Storyteller and Her Sisters

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Katy K.

It was 2011 when my good friend Dr. M. and I discovered that we had both come home from the library with different novel-length retellings of “The Twelve Dancing Princesses” and started trading titles. I’ve kept reading any of these … Continue reading →

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Clariel

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Katy K.

I read the whole Old Kingdom series when it first came out, long enough ago that I’ve never reviewed them for my blog, though I’ve recommended them and loaned them out many times since. I was very excited when Clariel … Continue reading →

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House of Sand and Secrets

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Katy K.

The book that made it to two of my Top 10 Lists in the past year – both 2014 Releases I Didn’t Get To and Books I Want to Read But Don’t Own Yet. It’s the sequel to When the … Continue reading →

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The Cat at the Wall

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Katy K.

Trying to catch up on books I read for the Cybils. This is one that was nominated in middle grade, but kept in teen at my library. The Cat at the Wall by Deborah Ellis. Groundwood Books, 2014. Clare, a … Continue reading →

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Boys of Blur

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Katy K.

Here is an intoxicating blend of Beowulf with the Everglades and football, three things that sounded incongruous but came together beautifully. Boys of Blur by N.D. Wilson. Random House, 2014. Charlie has just moved to swampy Taper, Florida (pop. 6000) … Continue reading →

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The Glass Sentence

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Katy K.

The Glass Sentence by S.E. Grove. Viking, 2014 In 1799, the world came apart and then back together quite differently. Since the Great Disruption, times as well as countries are different. Mapmakers who can figure out where things are and … Continue reading →

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