I don’t read a whole lot of Australian YA. As an American, my access to Australian YA seems limited to books by Melina Marchetta and Markus Zusak. I don’t complain, as Zusak is a fabulous author, and I have yet to read Marchetta but I hear she is excellent too. Beatle Meets Destiny by Gabrielle […]
Review of Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson
January 4, 2010
Dear Maureen Johnson, I worship at your alter. Your books completely charm me. Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson deals with what happens to Scarlett Martin on her fifteenth birthday, when as family tradition dictates, she gets a key to a suite in the family hotel and must take care of the suite and whomever stays […]
Review of Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
November 29, 2009
ife As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer is a fine piece of YA post-apocalyptica. Life As We Knew It takes the format of a journal written by Miranda who is sixteen and living a super-normal life until in the space of a single day, everything changes.
Review of 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
August 31, 2009
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson is a modern day coming of age story. It centers around Virginia ‘Ginny’ Blackstone, a 17 year old girl who is given a letter in a blue envelope. The letter tells her to fly to London, but she can’t bring any crutches. What ensues is a fantastic adventure.