The Rebel Wife - Taylor M. Polites

Summary:   Augusta Branson, born of a prominent Southern family made destitute by the Civil War, is forced into marriag…

Fallout - Ellen Hopkins

Read Kari's review of Crank and Glass . Summary:  So You Want to Know All about her. How she really is.  (Was?) W…

A Virtuous Woman - Kay Gibbons

Summary:   When Blinking Jack Stokes met Ruby Pitt Woodrow, she was twenty and he was forty.  She was the carefully rai…

A Discovery of Witches - Deborah Harkness

Summary:  It begins with absence and desire. It begins with blood and fear. It begins with a discovery of witches. When…

The 100 'Greatest Books for Kids'

This list is from USA Today as ranked by Scholastic Parent & Child magazine.  You didn't think I came up with…

Glass - Ellen Hopkins

Read Kari's review of Crank , Hopkin's first book in the series. Summary:   One little bit, my heart revs high,…

Inside Out - Maria Snyder

Summary:   " Imagine every space in this room filled with people.  Constantly being jostled and pushed.  In the lo…