A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

I was a little concerned and uncomfortable throughout most of this book. The story itself was engaging, but the magical aspect of the story raised some red flags for me. If you’ve read my blog at all, you know that I am not against magic in fiction. In fact, some of my favorite books are [...]

March 6, 2012 Tags: YA series Posted in: fantasy, historical fiction, Young Adult No Comments

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

This is a pretty fun series of books geared towards middle school students. They are actually really perfect for sixth graders, since (in California, at least) they are studying ancient cultures in history and mythology in English. So far, I’ve read the first two books in the series and am planning to make them available [...]

December 2, 2009 Tags: YA series Posted in: action, fantasy, fiction No Comments

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With a BA in English Education, an MA in English Literature, and over ten years of teaching experience at both the middle and high school level, it is an understatement to say that I've read a lot of books.

The book reviews I write are from the perspective of someone who has studied literature and literary criticism, who has taught young people how to read and interpret literature, and who has grown up in a Christian home with parents who put everything we saw and read into the context of our faith.
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