The Basic Premise: In the near future, teenagers Rex, Tunde, and Painted Wolf are friends, despite the fact that they live halfway across the world from each other (California, Nigeria, and China respectively), and each is a genius in their own way–Rex with software, Tunde with hardware/general MacGyver-ing, and Painted Wolf in uncovering government and … Continue reading
Imagine one of your co-workers disappeared during her shift. Imagine the chaos that ensues as everyone rushes to find her. Imagine the worry as you wonder whether or not she’s still alive. Imagine if you find out that the kidnapper may have wanted YOU instead. That’s the scenario that Gabie faces in April Henry’s The Night … Continue reading
Imagine if you woke up every morning in a different body. You would wake up with a kind of knowing–your name, your age, whether you’re a boy or girl–and all the other little details reveal themselves throughout the day. Until you wake up the next day. This is what A–the main character in David Levithan’s … Continue reading
I’m in the middle of listening to On the Day I Died: Stories from the Grave by Candace Fleming. Mike is in a panic because he’s about to miss curfew…again. He’s in such a hurry that he narrowly misses a hitchhiker standing in the middle of the road. Always a gentleman, he drives the girl … Continue reading
This is the first book I’m close to finishing since joining the Best of the Best Challenge and, to tell you the truth, it’s been rough. I have the audio version and, while the narration is amazing, I’m having a hard time getting into the story. When his mother dies, Joey moves from his Chicago … Continue reading
The Teen Zone 