An Unfortunate Fairy Tale: Reign By Chanda Hahn

This series is fine for any high school library.  I like how it takes bits of reality,  The Grimm Brothers and bits of fairy tales and cobbles them together to create characters you end up rooting for.  The time travel device works to make it a good story about how our prince meets Mina for the first time and how things go terribly wrong and how he becomes evil.  It's a good series and I highly recommend it.  Enjoy and happy readings.

Circle Reforge: Battle Magic by Tamora Pierce

It's a good solid story but there is a lot of violence which explains the actions of various people.  Deep in feelings as the war takes place.  Even though there is a magic, the war and battle scenes are similar to real life warfare of past real wars.  It's a good book but not for everyone.  It's a good soldier book.  It would be fine for any high school library.  It's a solid read.

Flavia De Luce I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley

Encyclopedia Brown, Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple look out because our junior sleuth, Flavia de Luce is on the case.  With her knowledge of chemistry and poison, as well as her keen observations makes her one smart little girl.  Lonely with her only friend is the family handyman, her older sisters torment her.  You have all the elements of a great mystery with humor.  For a treat, listen to the audio version.  It's a great book.  Enjoy!

Prism by Faye & Aliza Kellerman

It's an alternate world and it's an interesting concept.  Can you imagine waking up in a modern world where there are no medicines and hospitals and doctors and nurse?  To live a world where you could be arrested and worse for even asking about such things.  I did like the book because it worked.  It's a tricky concept to play with and the authors were able to be successful in pulling this off.  Enjoy.

Space Boy by Orson Scott Card

I'm going to say, save some time on this one.  It's a bit to strange and loaded with bodily function comments.  I think it's suppose to be humorous but actually it's not.  I'm sorry to say, this is not Orson Scott Card's better work.  I sadly have to say that I would not recommend this story.  It's just to odd and wasn't successful in the story.  Sigh,,,, pass on this one.

Seriously ....... I’m Kidding by Ellen Degeneres

This is fun to listen to.  I'm sure the reading of the book is also entertaining.  But just hearing Ellen talk makes it spontaneously and fresh.  It makes one want to laugh and laugh.  Sometimes we just need a good chuckle and this is a book to enjoy.

Ender's Series: Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card

It's a strange world that Orson Scott Card has created.  Part religion, part culture, part alien and part technology.  Ender may be looking for some healing as he carries the Queen Hive that he nearly killed of the whole species.  Novinha may be looking for healing with the guilt of those she love have died.

There are lots of conversations between the many characters in this story.  It works.  If you are an Ender fan, then this book is a must read.  Enter in to a world unlike any you know.  Go to a different world were species live a way that only Orson Scott Card could create.  Enjoy.

The Iron Butterfly Series: The Silver Siren by Chanda Hahn

This is a great series for young adult.  It's fantasy and magic and a world that has so much danger hidden behind masks.  Wait till you find out who is behind the masks.  Thalia is a strong young girl who not only has the problem of picking between two young and amazing men to be her love but also finds out the truth behind her family heritage.  It's a solid write and works well.  I would recommend for any library including high school.  Think Graceling.  It's a good read.  Enjoy.

Flavia de Luce: A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley

I just love how cheeky Flavia is and how she is smarter then any other 11 year old in Britain in the 50's.
This is a great series and set in 1950's in England.  She's quirky.  And it's a fun read.  It's great book for public and private libraries.  Serves serious readers who enjoy a good mystery.  Would I buy it for my high school?  Probably not because it's not a mainstream book.  Would I encourage students to read the book?  Certainly, if they love good mysteries and enjoy reading.

Riders by Veronica Rossi

I actually liked this book.  I would buy it for my high school.  It's a good guy's read.  Enjoy.

W.A.R.P: The Reluctant Assassin by Eoin Colfer

It's a fine book for any library.  It's great for a guy's read and lots of adventure and danger.  Time travel can be complicated to write about but the talented Eoin Colfer figured it out and now I dare you to buy this for your middle or elementary school library.  Enjoy.

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple by Karen Cushman

In this story you can really feel how unhappy Lucy is to be uprooted from her nice home and moved to live in a dirty tent and take care of miners.  There is so much to read in this special book.  You see it in her letters to her grandparents and in her experiences living in her new world.  It's a good read.

Skulduggery Pleasant: By Derek Landy

It's a fun adventures read and fine for any middle school library.

Silver in the Blood by Jessica Day George

If you are a fan of Dracula, you may enjoy this story that relates to a huge power play and throw in some magic.  Enjoy.

The Lone City: The Black Key by Amy Ewing

It's an intense read.  It is a good book for young adult teen readers.  Lots of power plays and developed characters.  It's a good read and the series is fine for any teen library.  Enjoy.

The Iron Butterfly Series: The Steele Wolf by Chanda Hahn

It's a good series.  I liked this one.  Lots of tension between the three main teens.  Three different boys are in love with Thalia.  Oh what a problem!  And yes it's a problem, meanwhile the dangerous Raven is out there kidnapping more people to use for experiments and there are traitors all around.  It's a good read and fine for any high school library.

BrotherBand: The Ghostfaces By John Flanagan

It's a great read.  Adventure, humor, and danger blended together to make a group of young people survive in a new land with new friends and enemies.  John Flanagan can tell a good story.  Perfect for any school library.  Enjoy.

Flavia de Luce: The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag by Alan Bradley

Encyclopedia Brown, Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie and now Flavia De Luce can be added as the worlds greatest detective.  It's a fun read as well as a good mystery.  It's British at it's best.  Fine for any library but it's rather quirky and may be better in public libraries.  Seriously good read!  Enjoy.

Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection of Tales by Tamora Pierce

Go back into the world of Tortall and read the stories of different characters of the land.  The stories are good reads.  Enjoy this fantasy story.

Lorien Legacies: The Fate of Ten by Pittacus Lore

It's a great read for young adults.  It has tension, conflict and many different flawed heros.  Thing a earth version of Star Wars  with teens running around trying to save the world.  It's fine for any high school library.  Enjoy.

Stealing Snow by Danielle Paige

Oh My Goddness!!!!! Wait till you get to the end.  It's a page turner that doesn't stop happening.  It's good and you feel empathy for Snow.  And surprises keep popping up.  It's a very violent fairy tale based on the Snow Queen.  It's a good book.  Enjoy.

Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool

It's a very smart book and worth the read.  Early is autistic but back in this time frame that the story takes place, he's just considered strange.  Think a modern Huckleberry Finn adventure.  They meet dangerous people, they meet lonely people and find dangerous experiences.  It's an excellent read.

Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian by Eoin Colfer

Artemis Fowl is a great read for older elementary and middle school and for those high schoolers who love a good story and a good series.  Who can not enjoy a teen mastermind who has forged a friendship with those of the fairy world.  It's fine for any library.  Enjoy.

Companion to Enchanted & Hero: Dearest by Alethea Kontis

If you like Stardust, magical stories and romance then this is the book for you.  It's a great series and I'm looking forward to reading more.  Fine for any high school library.  It takes a lot of magical fairy tales and create one seamless series of stories that blend together in an amazing fit.  Enjoy!

Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex by Eoin Colfer

Oh it's a fun filled read that's just gotten a bit darker.  Artemis Fowl is now a teenager and life has gotten more serious.  This series is a great read.  One smart kid who is a mastermind of underhanded events.  Enjoy it's a good read.

Farewell Summer by Ray Bradbury

Each book is it's own story but the stories do tie together.  It's a book that is fine for teens and any young adult library but it's a book to be revisited when we become adults.  A read for now and a read for later again.  Ray Bradbury brings depth to all of his stories.  Please read and enjoy.

Children’s Circle Stories: The Witch’s Vacuum Cleaner: And Other Stories by Terry Pratchett

Entertaining and funny, it's a smart and silly book that will entertain.  The audiobook is good for road trips.  Enjoy.  Fine for any library.  It's a quirky book so not for all readers.  If you like Dr. Who, Doug Addams and just silly and smart then enjoy!

Laddertop by Orson Scott Card & Emily Janice Card

A science fiction thriller fine for younger students.  It would be also fine for middle school students.  I like that students have problem solve and use creative thinking.  It's a good read.  I like.  Enjoy.

The Chronicles of Kazam: The Eye of Zoltar By Jasper Fforde

If you like Dr. Who, Terry Prattchet and Disc World, Doug Adams and zany adventures then you will enjoy this series.  It's funny and entertaining and an adventure.  Enjoy.

Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox By Eoin Colfer

You have just got to lover reading Eoin Colfer's series, Artemis Fowl.  Enter into the world of magical people and young master minds.  It's a good read.  Also a good guy's read.  Enjoy!

Love, Lies & Spies by Cindy Anstey

If you love Jane Austen books, then this will be an entertaining story.  It's fine for any library.  Enjoy.

Companion to Enchanted: Hero by Althea Kontis

I enjoy Althea Kontis stories.  This is a sequel to Enchanted.  I'm currently reading book 3.  I love how Althea thinks out side the fairytale box.  She does a great job of blending traditional stories and breaths new life into the mix.  A must for high school libraries.  Fairy Tales never go away, they just keep inspiring.  Enjoy it's a good read!

Reawakened by Colleen Houck

It's an entertaining story and works well.  I do look forward to reading book 2.  I like the good guys and the conversations are entertaining.  It works.  Enjoy.  Fine for any high school library.

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Best book ever!  I do repeat, Best Book Ever!  I must buy this for my high school library.  It is a rich book that gave me a stomach ache when all the bad things happened.  It is riding a reading roller coaster.  Each of the six main characters are rich with a back story that ties all in.  There is betrayal, and plans that go bad and plans that go good.  This book deserves lots and lots of prizes.  Leigh Bardugo is one smart author.  I wish I could meet her to tell her how talented she is in writing.  Her books are smart and layered with complexity and depth.  It's an awesome read.  You'll thank me later after you read this book.

Empire of Bones by N. D. Wilson

It's fine for any library.  I think the series will appeal to those who like adventure and immortals like Percy Jackson series.

Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke

Fine for any library.  It's good literature for readers who are young of heart.  Adventure, drama, daring, and strong characters written in a masterfully way makes good fiction.  Enjoy!

An Unfortunate Fairy Tale: Fable By Chanda Hahn

Fine for any library. Hahn does a good job of two boys in love with one girl.  What a problem!  Lot of good stuff in the story.  The author gets stronger as her stories progress.  I'm looking forward to book 4.

Enjoy, it's a good read.

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

Oh this is one charming story.  I'm so glad the public library carries this.  It's not for everyone but if you like a good thriller murder mystery and the hero is a young girl then enjoy.  It's perfect for any library but I don't think it'll be a mainstream book.  But it's right up there with The Number One Ladies Detective Agency series.  I look forward to reading more of this series.

Ranger’s Apprentice: The Early Years: THe Battle of Hackham Heath by John Flanagan

John Flanagan can spin a story.  Detailed in warfare and other situations makes this story come alive.  Pauline and Halt as well as Crawly and Duncan make these characters timeless.  Enjoy.  Fine for any library.

Fallen Series: Unforgiven by Lauren Kate

If you are a fan of the series, then you'll enjoy this one book redemption for love.  It's fine for any library.  I would recommend reading the series in sequence so that you know who the characters are.  But it does work as a stand alone as well.  Enjoy.

An Unfortunate Fairy Tale: Fairest by Chanda Hahn

Chanda Hahn is starting to improve upon her series.  It's entertaining and the characters have to deal with themselves as well as the magical world.  It's fine for any high school or personal library.  Enjoy.

A Hat Full Of Sky by Terry Pratchett

It's a quirky series.  If you like Doctor Who  and PBS then this is the book for you.  Not for high school libraries because I think it would only appeal to a small group of readers.  It's a great series if you like quirky.  Heavily loaded in British and Celt accent, it's a read that will entertain.  I'm glad the public library carries these books.  Think adult fairy tales in the sense that it would be above reading level of YA books.  It's a good read

Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

It's a great story.  Students can handle the book but it's not for a high school library.  Perfect for personal libraries and public libraries.  It's a solid story.  Worth the read! It's the kind of story that stays with you long after you finish reading it.

I am Number Four Series: The Revenge of Seven by Pittacus Lore

Alien teens save the world.  Or at least try.    It's a good and enjoyable read.  Danger at every other page.  Perfect for any high school library.