WIGGINS, Bethany

A flawed but serviceable tale for readers looking for new fantasy works about princes, princesses, and dragons.

Gr 8 Up—The pesticide developed to kill genetically modified bees that caused a bee flu epidemic killed almost everything else as well, leaving a world in which women are scarce, honey is more valuable than gold, and survival is tenuous...

Gr 8 Up—Maggie Mae Mortensen, 17, has been in 12 foster homes and has had nearly 20 arrests for indecent exposure...