Reviewed by Melanie Koopmans, July 2023
The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes picks up at the end of the first novel in the series, The Inheritance Games. In the first novel Avery and the Hawthorne brother’s start their investigation into how and why Tobias Hawthorne, a well-known multi-billionaire, left most of his wealth and his… Read more
Reviewed by B. Ullsvik, May 2023
25 years ago, a guy named Charlie Crabtree committed a murder. A murder so sinister that it’s attracted that strange kind of infamy that only exists on the darkest corners of the internet--and inspired more than one copycat. Crabtree was never found, only his partner was brought to justice. Now, the… Read more
Reviewed by B. Ullsvik, April 2023
This book takes place in Poland during WW2. Leon Leyson was only ten years old when the Nazis invaded Poland and his family was forced to relocate to the Krakow ghetto. With incredible luck, perseverance, and grit, Leyson was able to survive the awfulness of the Nazis, including that of the rude Amon Goeth,… Read more
Reviewed by B. Ullsvik, April 2023
This book takes place in China. She tells the story, through a child's eyes, the moving story of growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution. This is the true story of fourteen-year-old Ting-xing’s life turned upside down by China’s Cultural Revolution. After the death of both her parents, Ting-Xing… Read more
Reviewed by B. Ullsvik, April 2023
This book takes place in South Korea, during the Gwangju Uprising of 1980. Through the perspectives of many different people, all are connected in one way; to a boy named Dong-ho. All tell a different story, leading to a similar outcome. From Dong-ho's best friend who meets his own fateful end; to an editor… Read more
Reviewed by B. Ullsvik, April 2023
This book takes place during WW2, and takes you on a journey through the eyes of one man. He is a Poland resistance fighter, who ended up in Auschwitz. This is the true story of how Witold attempted to take down the Nazi’s from the inside. His entire mission took him over 2 years, and it was horrific. Through… Read more
Reviewed by Emily Hafeman, March 2023
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han is the first book in a romance trilogy. The book features Belly, a girl who’s family visits Cousin’s beach every summer since she was born. Susannah her moms best friend has a house along the beach where Belly’s family stays… Read more
Reviewed by G. Ritzke, March 2023
Benjamin Ripley was a normal middle-school kid with some excellent math skills. He had his best friend Mike Brenski, and life was good. Until Ben gets moved out of his school and put into St. Smithen’s Science Academy for Boys and Girls. The school seemed… Read more
Reviewed by A. Trapp, February 2023
From the talented author Mike Lupica comes a fast paced heart pumping action novel, with a choprehesive depiction of a schoolboy in New York faced with the tragedy of his dad passing away but also with the discovery of super powers in himself.
After his fathers mysterious passing, Zach lives with his mom in… Read more
Reviewed by A. Trapp, February 2023
From the mind of Alice Seabold comes a dark and tragic novel with, a thorough depiction of a young girl who gets murdered and watches her family move on from heaven.
After her murder Susie can no longer talk or be with her family. But she can still watch them from her own heaven. She watches her family… Read more