A different kind of Shakepeare: The Bard Retold for Teens
Shakespeare – the Great Bard – had been quoted, performed and retold many times over. Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliette – they are classic literature not to be missed! Here is a list of teen books that give traditional Shakespearean tales a twist. Read more…
Book Review: The London Eye Mystery
The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
Rating: 5 out of 5
Reviewed by Jeffrey (Teen Reviewer)
Ted and Kat’s cousin is coming to London. Salim wants to go see the London Eye first. Ted, Kat, and Salim meet a stranger who gives them a ticket for free. Salim goes into the London Eye but he never came out of the Eye. Ted and Kat thinks Salim stayed on the London Eye and wend around again. But after 2 times they start worrying. Aunt Gloria Read more…
Book Review: Mascot to the Rescue!
Mascot to the Rescue by Peter David
Rating: 5 out of 5
Reviewed by Jeffrey (Teen Reviewer)
Josh Miller is a 6th grader who loves Mascot. But whatever happens to Mascot happens to Josh. After he meets Kelsey he finds out that Mascot will die in the next issue of Captain Major. Now Josh is determined to find the creator of Captain Major. Josh and Kelsey find a mail man named Paul. They go on a journey because Josh thinks there are bad guys. They manage Read more…
Book Review: Paint the Wind
Paint the Wind by Pam Munoz Ryan
Rating: 5 out of 5
Reviewer: Jeffrey (Teen Reviewer)
Maya is a girl who lives with her grandmother. Here grandmother expects her to be perfect in every single way. One day Maya was playing with some horses that she wasn’t suppose to have. Then the house-keeper Morgana came in and told Maya that she should be doing here homework. Maya told Magana that as long as her grades are perfect grandmother wouldn’t mind. Then after Maya told Read more…
Must Read Teen Book: Fire / by Kristin Cashore
I loved Kristin Cashore’s “Graceling” so I couldn’t wait to read her next book, “Fire”. I am not disappointed!
The book takes place in the same world as “Graceling” but you do not need to have read the first book before this one (‘though you will want to read that book once you’ve finished this one!). Meet Fire, more than human she is called a monster, the last of her kind. She is devastatingly beautiful and can read (sometimes control) the minds of those around her. Most people fear her, some outright loathe her, and a the rest just to want to use her. Caught up in a world of intrigue, spies, and ambushes, Fire has few people she can trust and no one she can truly love.
The audio edition read by Xanthe Elbrick is fabulous and well worth the download. Fans of fantasy, swashbuckling adventures, or great writing – you must read or listen to “Fire”!
Recommended Gr 8+
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