Reviews written by Karen Klein, Staff Reviewer

A continuation of the Sunny series. I've been waiting to hear more of Sunny's story.Sunny is having a great summer having fun working at the neighborhood pool. I am always looking for interesting graphic novels for my sixth grade students. I really loved this one as...

Sam and Isla are twins. They often give fabulous dinner parties at their grandmother's fancy NYC apartment. When their grandmother decides to give up the apartment, they decide to give one final dinner party. Sam and Isla each invite three quests that are a surprise to the other twin. ...

Emmet has just lost his twin sister Minnie, to a horrible accident. When Minnie's parents decided to fulfill her wish to donate her organs, Emmet decides to undertake a project to record the recipiants stories. I loved that the author decided to write a novel...

The Suicide Journal is novella centered around a teenager named Cal. The story essentially centers around Cal's decision to kill himself and the reasons why. The great part about this story is that instead of dialog from Cal about why he wants to kill himself, the takes...

I received a free copy from the publisher through Netgalley. The Most Dangerous Place on Earth centers around a group of teenagers who attend an elite school in California. This topic fascinated me. I love to slice of life stories. The story begins with a tragic event...

I am pretty new to graphic novels so when I won a copy of 'Pumpkin Heads' on GoodReads I was super excited. 'Pumpkinheads' is written by Rainbow Rowell and illustrated by Faith Erin Hicks. It tells the story of two friends who work at their local fall festival each year...

Erin Whitaker's father is dead and her mother is a drug addict. When she is very young her mother leaves her alone on a doorstep and doesn't return. She is taken in by her grandparents who raise her. This book gives an inside look at how...

Roman has his life turned upside down when, amidst a scandal, his mom decides to leave LA. Roman must learn to adapt to a new lifestyle and school in the midwest. He must grapple with who he really is and whether he'll ever meet his real father. Although...

Meg lives in a small town in upstate NY (outside Ithaca) in the later years of WWII. She is torn between her family and her dreams of College. She is also torn between dating her childhood friend and the boy everyone thinks she should date. I love historical...

‘First rule of storytelling,’ he says, a glint in his eyes.’ Everything is possible.’ Nell is still trying to recover from the loss of her mom when her dad moves her across the country. The move is for his new job in a historical...

Callie is trying to survive high school and get out of her small Florida town. When her best friend moves away to college, Callie believes she is stuck alone. I really love me some books set in Florida. Especially when it gives a glimpse into small-town...

When Ashlyn’s father goes to prison and her mother goes to rehab for depression, her world falls apart. Ashlyn’s father decides she needs to work at a retreat for the summer with a cousin she barely knows. This story is a companion book to ‘It Started...

n the third and final installment in the ‘The Clay Lion’ trilogy, Charlie’s little sister Melody takes her own trip to the past. Melody learns that small actions can have large and unexpected consequences in the present. I adored the previous installments in the ‘Clay Lion’...

In this continuation of the ‘Clay Lion’ series, Brooke’s boyfriend Charlie takes his own journey into his past and in the process discovers who he really is. I really enjoyed, ‘The Clay Lion’, and literally went right into ‘Tin Men’ as soon as I had finished...

Ruby and her sisters come from a long line of wise and powerful women. When their grandmother and her sisters fled Russia they lost most of their magical powers. Today only one of their great powers remain. The power to have a vision of their own death. The cover...