Goddesses #3: Muses on the Move and #4: Love or Fate, by Clea Hantman (Avon Books, 2002)

Goddesses #3: Muses on the Move, and Goddesses #4: Love or Fate, continue and conclude the story about three teenage Muses exiled to modern-day Earth until they can overcome certain character flaws. When we last saw our heroines, Polly (Polyhymnia), … Continue reading

Goddesses #1:Heaven Sent and #2: Three Girls and a God, by Clea Hantman (Avon, 2002)

Polly, Era, and Thalia have just suffered the ultimate in grounding: banishment to Earth. You see, they’re not exactly ordinary run-of-the-mill teenage girls. No, they’re the resident troublemakers of Olympus, home of the Greek gods, and they’ve just upset their … Continue reading

Dread Locks, by Neal Shusterman, (Dutton Children’s Books, 2005)

Fourteen-year-old Parker Baer has it all, courtesy of a rich family and indulgent parents, and as a result, he’s bored with his life. Having everything he could want, everything except actual love and tenderness, he’s eager for anything that could … Continue reading