Reeve, Philip (2006). Larklight. New York: Bloomsbury U.S.A. 399 pages.

Summary and Evaluation: First of all, the *entire* title is Larklight, or The Revenge of the White Spiders!, or To Saturn’s Rings and Back!: A Rousing Tale of Dauntless Pluck in the Farthest Reaches of Space, which just about sets the tone for the rest of the book. Arthur ( Read more... )

Pearson, Mary E. (2008). The Adoration of Jenna Fox. New York: Henry Holt and Company, LLC. 266 pages.

Summary and Evaluation: Jenna Fox is a normal seventeen-year-old girl. At least she was before the horrible car accident that left her in a coma for over a year. Jenna doesn't remember anything at all from before the accident (or the accident ( Read more... )

Halam, Ann (2002). Dr. Franklin's Island. New York: Dell Laurel-Leaf. 247 pages.

Summary and Evaluation:Semi, Miranda, and Arnie are the only survivors when their plane crashes on the way to Ecuador for a British Young Conservationists expedition. They manage to live for over a month on what they believe to be a deserted island in the tropics ( Read more... )

Westerfield, Scott (2005). Peeps. New York: RazorBill. 312 pages.

Summary and Evaluation: Forget what you know about vampires-this book is different. A year ago, Cal Thompson was just a guy from Texas about to start his freshman year at a New York City college . . . and then he met Morgan, a gothy stranger he met at a bar who turned him into a ( Read more... )