books and cleverness
I read books of all sorts, but mostly kids' lit and young adult literature and speculative fiction for all ages—usually from a feminist perspective.
I've adopted a personalized version of the CHOICE reviews approach to recommendations/star ratings:
***** = Essential, a.k.a. truly love, absolute must-read, buy it now
**** = Highly Recommended, a.k.a. this is a really good book; I would buy it as a gift
*** = Recommended, a.k.a. pretty good; worth reading
** = Optional, a.k.a. meh
* = Not Recommended; a.k.a. this is not a good book
Fall 2013 New Voices Titles
The American Booksellers Association has announced their picks for the upcoming season's New Voices titles.
Ages 8 – 12
- After Iris by Natasha Farrant (Penguin Young Readers Group / Dial Books)
- The Mysterious Woods of Whistle Root by Christopher Pennell (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
- Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
- The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates: Magic Marks the Spot by Caroline Carlson (HarperCollins)
- What We Found in the Sofa and How It Saved the World by Henry Clark (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
Teen
- The Brokenhearted by Amelia Kahaney (HarperCollins / HarperTeen)
- How to Love by Katie Cotugno (HarperCollins / Balzer + Bray)
- If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan (Algonquin Young Readers)
- The Paradox of Vertical Flight by Emil Ostrovski (HarperCollins / Greenwillow)
- The Theory of Everything by Kari Luna (Penguin Young Readers Group / Philomel Books)
I don't know what the practical implications of this list are, but I loved The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates: Magic Marks the Spot, have been meaning to read If You Could Be Mine, and am very excited about Rooftoppers.
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