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YA Review: Brilliant Hues by Naomi Kinsman
Brilliant Hues (Faithgirlz!) by Naomi Kinsman Reviewed by: Lori Twichell Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Zonderkidz Publication Date: September 4, 2012 It’s time to go. Sadie Douglas and her father have changed the way people look at bears and hunting in Owl Creek, Michigan. Now it’s time for them to return to California. Another set of goodbyes? It seems like too much for a young teenager to bear. When she gets back to California, she realizes that life did not just sit around and wait for her. Friends that she left behind when she went to Michigan are completely different people now. An interest in boys has changed some of the dynamics…
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YA Review: Waves of Light by Naomi Kinsman
Waves of Light (Faithgirlz!) by Naomi Kinsman Reviewed by: Lori Twichell Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Zonderkidz Publication Date: April 23, 2013 Things are getting even more tense in Owl Creek, Michigan. Just when Sadie is finally feeling like this might be home, chaos erupts again and this time it threatens to destroy everything Sadie knows and loves. First, Frankie is moving to New York to live with her mom. That’s a big adjustment for Sadie since she and Frankie are now friends. She and Frankie have developed a love for art, drawing and for their art teacher, Vivian. Sadie has some fun ideas on how she and Frankie can still be art…
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Review: Loresmen by Matthew Christian Harding
Loresmen by Matthew Christian Harding Reviewed by: Lori Twichell Genre: YA, Fantasy Publisher: Zoe and Sozo Publishing Publication Date: July 21, 2011 Who is Thiery? Where will Suzie end up? Is Lord McDougal alive or dead? Will Lady Mercy be spared? These are some of the questions that Matthew Christian Harding left us to ponder in his previous book, Paladins. In this final chapter of the Peleg Chronicles, Matthew Christian Harding has set up myriad questions that need to be answered. People must be saved. Battles must be fought. And more than that, we learn the back stories to some of our favorite characters. Stories that have been hinted at, danced around,…
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Review: Like Moonlight at Low Tide by Nicole Quigley
Like Moonlight at Low Tide by Nicole Quigley Reviewed by: Lori Twichell Genre: YA, drama Publisher: Zondervan Publication Date: September 4, 2012 Missy Keiser isn’t thrilled about moving back to Florida. She lived there when she was thirteen and it wasn’t a pleasant time. Nicknamed Messy, everything about Missy was fodder for the bullies in her class. When her mother met a man and moved to Pennsylvania with him, it gave Missy a chance to escape the horrific situations she was in at school and start fresh. Now, three years later, she’s back again and praying that people don’t remember Messy. Unfortunately, it doesn’t turn out quite that easy. She soon runs into the…
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Review: The Soul Saver by Dineen Miller
The Soul Saver, by Dineen Miller Reviewed by: Lori Twichell Genre: Supernatural Drama Publisher: Barbour Publication Date: May 1, 2012 Lexie Baltimore is a sculptor with a mission from God. Each time she dreams a face she goes to her studio, sculpts that face into a bust and then watches for where and when she will meet that person. God nudges her to the right place at the right time and then her mission is done. This time though, things get a little more personal. The face that she sculpts is that of a handsome man name Nate who is a pastor of a local church. When she meets Nate, it’s…
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Review: A Midsummer Tight’s Dream
A Midsummer Tights Dream, by Louise Rennison Reviewed by: Lori Twichell Genre: YA Comedy Publisher: HarperTeen Publishing Date: June 26, 2012 Tallulah Casey is back at Dother Hall studying performing arts and she’s not a newbie anymore. She knows most of the people, the layout of the school and understands (for the most part) how things run. So this time, she’s ready and there’s a lot more at stake. One of the girls has gotten discovered by a Hollywood producer and is off to find fame and glory. A couple of the other girls have boyfriends and Tallulah has gained some of her own “additions” that look like they’ll make this semester…
