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 Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
February 15, 2010
Maximum Ride is not an ordinary teenage girl. She and her ‘siblings’ are part of a governmental genetic experiment. Max is part human, part bird, and a whole lot of attitude. Anyways, for the majority of the book, Max and her ‘flock’ are on the run from the government and these bad guys called erasers, […]
Review of Freaksville by Kitty Keswick
January 30, 2010
Freaksville by Kitty Keswick follows the story of Kasey Maxwell, a teenage girl who can tell someone’s future by touching them. Kasey meets a boy from England and falls in love, but he’s got a paranormal secret too. Oh, and she’s got a BFF named Gillie who is sort of cool. Plot line aside, Freaksville […]
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 […]