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Category Archives: Young Adult
A Complete Mix of Controversy: Violence, Sex, and Religion
At the center of Burned by Ellen Hopkins is a young Mormon girl, Pattyn Scarlet Von Stratten, who is struggling with her identity and her faith. Pattyn is starting to have feelings and dreams about boys, which is forbidden in her church. After she is caught in a compromising situation with a boy, her parents [...]
Captain America Reviews Defenders of the Scroll
Defenders of the Scroll by Shiraz is about a teenage boy, Alex, who is pulled into another dimension by a young princess, Dara. Dara is seeking to protect her kingdom from the Shadow Lord and she mistakenly pulls in a normal boy into her very abnormal world.
Defenders of the Scroll has teenage boy written all [...]
A Common but Intriguing Coming of Age Story
In the Adirondacks during the early 1900’s, Mattie Gokey is going through a hard time. Her mother just died, her father doesn’t support Mattie’s desire to go to college, and Mattie cannot come to terms with her feelings for a young neighbor boy, Royal. These are just a couple of the issues that Mattie has [...]
Book Reviews: The Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer
The following review is written from the view point of thirty-two year old mother of four and wife to one. These books are written for teens, but have a fan base among adult women. Word of caution, the books are great, but I would not recommend watching the movie New Moon on opening night. I [...]
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