Pax by Sara Pennypacker
Grieving the loss of his mother Peter discovered an orphaned fox cub and took him in. Ever since then he and Pax have become almost inseparable. But now war is coming....
17 March 2016
Ex-heroes by Peter Clines
Book one in the Ex-heroes series Stealth. Gorgon. Regenerator. Cerberus. Zzzap. The Mighty Dragon. They were heroes, using their superhuman abilities to make Los Angeles a better place. Then the plague...
14 March 2016
A fabulous creature by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
James Fielding was not at all happy when his parents decided to spend the summer in “the wilderness”, his plans had included girls and learning to talk to them, not nature....
6 March 2016
Abide with me by Elizabeth Strout
Tyler Caskey is a minister in a small New England town. His wife, Lauren, passed away just over a year ago. Since then his youngest daughter lives with Tyler’s mother, coming...
6 March 2016
Alias by Michael Bendis
Jessica Jones was once a costumed superhero, flying around, saving the day. But she gave all that up, now she works as a private investigator. In the first volume Jones is...
20 January 2016
The enchanted by Rene Denfeld
ISBN : 9780297870517 When I hear death row I usually don’t think “enchanted”, and I usually don’t look for books set in prisons or about people awaiting execution. But all last...
2 January 2016
The red : first light by Linda Nagata
Book 1 in The Red trilogy ; part of my 2016 Sci-Fi experience (review site here) Lieutenant James Shelley never wanted to be a soldier. But life happened, and he made...
21 December 2015
God help the Child by Toni Morrison
When Lula Ann is born her mother is horrified by how dark she is. Sweetness is light skinned. So is her husband. The baby becomes a source of tension, and he...
20 December 2015
The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
Part of my 2016 Sci-Fi Experience Book 2 of the Old Man’s War series. In the first book of this series the reader is introduced to the idea of old people...
5 December 2015
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
Paul and Maureen long for a pony of their own. All year they work with their grandfather taking care of his colts, but every year they are sold off, they’d love...
27 November 2015
Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
Lord Blackheart is, as you might suspect from the name, an evil villain. The biggest name in supervillainy! and one day a young girl appears outside his lair, she’s intent on...
25 November 2015
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