Fiction
Those who have enjoyed “Clementine” will welcome this contemporary tale as it tackles family, competition, friendship, and the environment.
Do they really use human bones in bone china? How long can you farm without water? After reading the following titles, selected by the editors at Junior Library Guild, students won’t need much prompting for discussion. Check out suggestions and resources for using these picks with student book clubs or share them with classroom teachers.
Cokal eloquently presents a grisly and visceral world that she aptly refers to as a “syphilitic fairy tale.”
Three young adult authors examine the importance of music as a means for self-expression in novels that tackle challenges of the teenage years.
"Today we review three very different novels about families, none of them easy. The families, that is!," writes Angela Carstensen on the Adult Books 4 Teens blog.
This story is sure to tickle the funny bone and satisfy the taste for some gruesome adventure while appealing to both girls and boys.
The Kingdom of Little Wounds by Susann Cokal. Candlewick Press. 2013. Reviewed from ARC. The Plot: 1572. The royal city of Skyggehavn in Scandinavia. The stories of royalty, nobility, and servants are woven together, creating a tapestry of a time, a place, and a crisis. King Christian V and his French wife, Isabel, have produced [...]
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