From the master of faeries himself, Brian Froud, comes a follow-up to one of his best-loved works, Lady Cottington’s Pressed Fairy Book. In this volume, Froud reveals more findings from the eccentric, renowned Victorian Cottington family. This time, he focuses … Continue reading
Sometimes “and they lived happily ever after” isn’t the end of the story. That’s the premise of Margaret Peterson Haddix’s charming Just Ella, which revisits the classic rags to riches fairy tale to show what happens after Cinderella meets her Prince Charming. … Continue reading
In a single uncontrolled moment of panic, David Rice runs away from home, leaving behind his abusive alcoholic father and the memory of his missing mother. However, unlike most runaways, David (or Davy) has a very special talent, one which … Continue reading
Painfully shy Juliet Dove has a slight temper problem. Overly-sensitive about her own retiring nature, she tends to react with quick, vicious words when placed under pressure. This, combined with the stress her poetry-loving family places her under, has put … Continue reading
When Jennifer’s parents gave her the usual “birds and bees” speech, they managed to leave out the part where the otherwise normal teenager would someday start growing scales, claws, fangs, and a tail, and be able to perform superhuman feats … Continue reading
This is actually the third book in the continuing adventures of Jak Jinnaka, thirty-sixth-century secret agent and unwitting pawn, as he once again gets thrust into situations beyond his control. Far in the future, the solar system is a strange … Continue reading
From best-selling German author Cornelia Funke comes this extraordinary, thoughtful story about the magic of books and the power of an author’s imagination. Meggie lives alone with her bookbinding (and book doctoring) father, Mo, who’s instilled in her the same … Continue reading
When five sixteen-year-old orphans are placed in a bizarre room unlike any other, they discover the true depravities of the mind and soul. Unable to get comfortable in this vast room of unending, unceasing staircases, hungry and ill at ease, … Continue reading
Once upon a time, when gods still strode the Earth and magic still manifested in unexpected ways, when the city of Troy stood in all its glory and the city-states of Greece dominated the world as they knew it, no … Continue reading
Inexplicably, the improbably-named Hercules Amsterdam is only three inches tall, a condition which has plagued him for all of his nine years, providing his family with much consternation. He himself is fairly happy with this state of being, though he … Continue reading
