Paralyzed in a skiing incident, Matt Raimey is facing life as a helpless cripple, trapped in a hospital bed, until a man comes to him with a radical offer: undergo an experimental procedure and be reborn as one of the … Continue reading
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Eleven-year-old Jason Adrian’s world is thrown into disarray when a chance injury renders him incapable of attending soccer camp like he’d planned. Looks like it’s Grandmother McIntyre’s home for him, this summer! Anything’s better than spending time with the family … Continue reading
Perseus “Percy” Jackson is about to discover his destiny. The good thing is that he may very well be the son of a god, one of the many offspring produced by the various deities and supernatural creatures of the immortal … Continue reading
After reading the Unauthorized Biography of Lemony Snicket, the author responsible for giving us the infamously depressing, tongue-in-cheek Series of Unfortunate Events, I find myself rather more confused than when I began, filled with questions I not only didn’t have … Continue reading
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