Review of Crank by Ellen Hopkins

How many of you read Go Ask Alice when you were younger? Well, Crank by Ellen Hopkins is sort of like Go Ask Alice, only 1000x better. Upon finishing Crank, I did not think drugs were cool, whereas when I finished Go Ask Alice I was able to see the appeal of whatever that girl was on. […]

Review of My Darling, My Hamburger by Paul Zindel

I think by today’s standards, My Darling, My Hamburger by Paul Zindel falls short. It’s not as good as say, Ellen Hopkins, but I see it’s value. I think it’s an interesting look at teens of the late 1960s/early 1970s. It reveals a bit about the social constructs of adolescence of it’s era.

Review of The Total Tragedy of A Girl Named Hamlet by Erin Dionne

Middle school is awesome. I saw a tweet/link/blog post — something internets related the other day which asked  is Middle Grade Fiction The New YA. While I see MG fiction as being awesome, I also see it as being of a completely different sphere than YA, yes both types of books are targeted at non-adult […]