Genre: Realistic Fiction

{Kyle Finds Her Way: Susie Salom}

{Kyle Finds Her Way: Susie Salom}

{Synopsis} – In this delightful debut, Kyle Constantini discovers what it takes to navigate middle school: good friends, a crusading spirit, and her lucky blue fedora. On the first day of sixth grade, Kyle Constantini lands in the principal’s office after standing up against (that is, punching) Ino Nevarez, who was teasing a deaf girl […]

Posted August 1, 2017 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Beneath Wandering Stars: Ashlee Cowles}

{Beneath Wandering Stars: Ashlee Cowles}

{Synopsis} – After her soldier brother is horribly wounded in Afghanistan, Gabriela must honor the vow she made: If anything ever happened to him, she would walk the Camino de Santiago through Spain, making a pilgrimage in his name. The worst part is that the promise stipulates that she must travel with her brother’s best […]

Posted March 8, 2017 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{The Heir and the Spare: Emily Albright}

{The Heir and the Spare: Emily Albright}

{Synopsis} – Family can be complicated. Especially when skeletons from the past pop up unexpectedly. For American Evie Gray, finding out her deceased mother had a secret identity, and not one of the caped crusader variety, was quite the surprise. Evie’s mom had a secret life before she was even born, one that involved tiaras. […]

Posted March 5, 2017 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Local Girl Swept Away: Ellen Wittlinger}

{Local Girl Swept Away: Ellen Wittlinger}

{Synopsis} – Stark, uncompromising, seductive, beautiful – this describes the tourist town of Cape Cod, where a young woman’s body remains to be found. Three friends struggle to come to terms with their missing leader and with the secrets each endeavor to hide. Set in the Cape Cod village of Provincetown, Massachusetts, this is the […]

Posted June 23, 2016 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Identity Crisis: Melissa Schorr}

{Identity Crisis: Melissa Schorr}

{Synopsis} – Annalise’s audacious freshman-year hookup with Cooper Franklin has a trio of friends thirsting for revenge. So they catfish Annalise by creating the perfect virtual guy, with Noelle playing along reluctantly only because her lifelong crush, Cooper, is in love with Annalise. As Annalise falls for it, even scoring tickets to the concert of […]

Posted June 18, 2016 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{The Fixer: Jennifer Lynn Barnes}

{The Fixer: Jennifer Lynn Barnes}

{Synopsis} – his thriller YA is Scandal meets Veronica Mars. Sixteen-year-old Tess Kendrick has spent her entire life on her grandfather’s ranch. But when her estranged sister Ivy uproots her to D.C., Tess is thrown into a world that revolves around politics and power. She also starts at Hardwicke Academy, the D.C. school for the […]

Posted May 13, 2016 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{It’s All Your Fault: Paul Rudnick}

{It’s All Your Fault: Paul Rudnick}

{Synopsis} – My name is Caitlin and up until forty-eight hours ago I had never: Tasted alcohol, kissed a boy, sang in public at the top of my lungs, kidnapped anyone or—WHAT? STOLEN A CONVERTIBLE? Now I’m in jail and I have no idea what I’m going to tell: The police, my parents, the mayor, […]

Posted March 16, 2016 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments