Category Archives: Young Adult

Zel, by Donna Jo Napoli

Posted on June 25, 2009 by Thistle

This book is a retelling of Rapunzel. I’ll keep this short. I didn’t particularly like it. It wasn’t badly written or anything, but I think I’ve just decided I don’t really like fairy tale retellings. I recently tried to start … Continue reading →

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Protected: Tithe, by Holly Black

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Thistle

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A Great and Terrible Beauty, by Libba Bray

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Thistle

When Gemma Doyle’s mother dies, she’s sent from India to an all-girl boarding school in England. There, she has to cope not only with being the strange new girl in a very catty society, but with terrible prophetic visions and … Continue reading →

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Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson

Posted on June 14, 2009 by Thistle

Melinda has become selectively mute. Because she called the cops on the end-of-summer party right before her freshman year, no one wants anything to do with her. Her old friends abandon her, and it becomes impossible to make new friends. … Continue reading →

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Elsewhere, by Gabrielle Zevin

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Thistle

Liz is almost sixteen when she’s hit by a cab and killed. Now, she’s on a cruise boat called the SS Nile, headed for Elsewhere, where she will progressively age backwards until she returns to earth in baby form. Cross … Continue reading →

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Wild Roses, by Deb Caletti

Posted on June 11, 2009 by Thistle

This book is brilliant. Utterly, completely brilliant. It’s heart-wrenching, beautiful, and far transcends the boundaries of young adult. This is one of the best books I’ve read in years. Reading it overwhelmed me and threatened to break me into little … Continue reading →

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Protected: Wings, by Aprilynne Pike

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Thistle

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A Bottle in the Gaza Sea, by Valerie Zenatti

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Thistle

When a bomb goes off in a cafe near Tal’s home in Jerusalem, she begins to write. At first, it’s just like a journal entry. Then, it becomes a letter to an as-of-yet unknown Palestinian. Tal has this idea that … Continue reading →

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The Forest of Hands and Teeth, by Carrie Ryan

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Thistle

I’ve heard this described as a post-apocalyptic zombie romance novel, and that’s a fairly apt description. (And no, it’s not the zombies having romance.) Mary lives in a community protected from the Unconsecrated by a high fence. This community believes … Continue reading →

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Protected: Bad Girls Don’t Die, by Katie Alender

Posted on May 30, 2009 by Thistle

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