Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers

THE DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY’S GUIDE TO MURDER By Kate Emery

Short and Sweet Review Ruth is with her family for a little vacation at their remote farmhouse, she was expecting a few fights but not a murder, especially a death by typewriter. When GG, Ruth’s step-grandmother is found dead the next morning it really isn’t seen as the biggest deal as she was a bit […]

OFF THE RECORD By Camryn Garrett

Short and Sweet Review Josie wants to be a writer, writing is basically her identity. When Josie wins a contest to write a celebrity profile for Deep Focus magazine she’s nervous and excited. Josie and her sister, Alice, set off on a multi-city tour. Josie meets celebrities, but the main focus of her article is […]

DASH & LILY’S BOOK OF DARES By Rachel Cohn AND David Levithan

Short and Sweet Review It’s the holiday season and while at a bookstore Dash finds a notebook waiting for someone to accept the challenge and complete the dares inside. Lily is just trying to find the right guy and hopefully the notebook will help her succeed. These two end up leaving the notebook in different […]

NICK & NORAH’S INFINITE PLAYLIST By Rachel Cohn AND David Levithan

Short and Sweet Review Nick is in an Indie rock band and has just broken up with his girlfriend. Norah has also broken up with her boyfriend and by a stoke of luck is at a concert that Nick’s band is having. When Nick sees his ex girlfriend at the concert he asks Norah to […]

HUNTING NOVEMBER By Adriana Mather

Short and Sweet After enduring what the Academy had to offer November is ready to leave and look for her dad. November leaves with Ash to follow the clues her father left for her and now she just needs to find him before her enemies find her. Characters November: I liked November she still doesn’t […]

KILLING NOVEMBER By Adriana Mather

Short and Sweet November is trapped at  Academy Absconditi, a school that is completely off the grid and doesn’t even offer normal classes but classes such as; poisons, deception, and knife-throwing. November has no way of getting or contacting home her only choice is to adapt fast in a school full of strategists, and manipulators. […]