Tag: young adult

— book review, indigo teen staff pick, young adult —

The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe (Review)

February 3, 2019

Norris Kaplan is clever, cynical, and quite possibly too smart for his own good. A black French Canadian, he knows from watching American sitcoms that those three things don’t bode well when you are moving to Austin, Texas. Plunked into a new high school and sweating a ridiculous amount from the oppressive Texas heat, Norris finds himself cataloging everyone he meets… Read More The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe (Review)

— calendar girls —

Calendar Girls (January 2019): Happy New Year (2019 Release You’re Most Looking Forward To)

January 7, 2019

Hello everyone, and Happy New Year! Also, welcome to my first Calendar Girls Books post of 2019! This month, our prompt is 2019 Release You’re Most Looking Forward To, and making a choice was quite difficult! I initially picked The Wicked King by Holly Black too, but then had to change this post last night because I actually… Read More Calendar Girls (January 2019): Happy New Year (2019 Release You’re Most Looking Forward To)

— ARC review, book review, young adult —

An Assassin’s Guide to Love and Treason by Virginia Boecker (ARC Review)

January 1, 2019

When Lady Katherine’s father is killed for being an illegally practicing Catholic, she discovers treason wasn’t the only secret he’s been hiding: he was also involved in a murder plot against the reigning Queen Elizabeth I. With nothing left to lose, Katherine disguises herself as a boy and travels to London to fulfill her father’s mission, and to take it one step further–kill the queen herself.… Read More An Assassin’s Guide to Love and Treason by Virginia Boecker (ARC Review)

— book birthdays —

Book Birthdays: December 31, 2018

December 31, 2018

Since the first few Book Birthday posts in this series were such a hit, I will keep these posts coming! Here are the books on my radar that are celebrating their Book Birthdays today (a.k.a. books that are being published in Canada today)! Please let me know if you have any feedback and/or suggestions for this series!