Review by Hira Peracha
When Lucy Crisp, who is halfway through her second gap year between high school and university, receives an acceptance letter to the floral artistry program at Ladywyck Lodge, the last thing she expected to come across was a town of witches and fairies.
… More Lucy Crisp and the Vanishing House by Janet Hill
Review by Rachel Jung
Imagine a small, fragile bead the size of your fist that contains your entire life energy (gi). Now, imagine that one day, its existence only becomes known to you after a messy interaction with a monster ejects it from your body and into the hands of a stranger. … More Wicked Fox by Kat Cho
Review by Logaine Navascués
Max doesn’t feel like a regular 11-year-old boy in his hometown of Santa María. His dad won’t let him join the other kids for fútbol practice in a nearby town—even though making it to the local team is Max’s greatest dream—because he’s worried something might happen to him. That he will also disappear, just as his Mother did when he was still a baby. … More Mañanaland by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Review by Claudine Yip
Last time, she saved the city. Next up: the universe? Or worse: college applications?
… More The Iron Will of Genie Lo by F. C. Yee
Review by Logaine Navascués
Runa is an apprentice runecaster, but she wishes she were somebody else. Someone who’s not short, skinny and pale, with wild, wiry, white hair and strange eyes. … More The Stone of Sorrow by Brooke Carter
Review by Louise Brecht
As overcome by sorrow as Saskia is in the opening pages of The Bone Thief, she is fiercely determined to avenge the loss of her loved ones and to stop the man responsible for their disappearance dead in his tracks…if she can find him. … More The Bone Thief by Breeana Shields
Review by Ciara Javier
After losing his best friend Eddie in an accident, Tristan Strong is sent to his grandparents’ home in Alabama to heal from the loss. But on his first night there, Tristan encounters a sticky doll who attempts to steal Eddie’s journal, which contains folklores from both their grandmothers, and is Tristan’s last remaining connection to Eddie. … More Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia
Review by Hira Peracha
Don’t Call the Wolf by Aleksandra Ross, told in two separate third-person narratives, introduces Polish lore to the teen reader in an easy and accessible way. … More Don’t Call the Wolf by Aleksandra Ross
Review by Juhyun Tony Bae
Revenant March is a visual novel. Similar to a video game, it is a genre of storytelling you read and interact with on the computer. In this grim fantasy, you are not only told the main character’s story, you also make many of her decisions, directing the plot with your choices. … More Revenant March by Strandline Games
Review by Elina Taillon
Clementine Morcerous is many things: a young gardener, a user of magic…and an heiress in a long line of Dark Lords. But when her father is cursed to be whittled away by a witch who covets the title, Clementine finds herself assuming responsibility sooner than expected. … More The Dark Lord Clementine by Sarah Jean Horwitz
