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Abhorsen read-alikes
Like me, my friend Marie (hi Marie!) is a huge fan of Garth Nix's Abhorsen YA fantasy trilogy. And like me, she's been patiently(ish) anticipating Clariel, the prequel publishing in October, for years.A lot of them.Unlike me, however, she doesn't have an ARC...so I'm mailing her my reviewer copy. Here...
Review of A Creature of Moonlight
A Creature of Moonlightby Rebecca HahnMiddle School, High School Houghton 314 pp.5/14 978-0-544-10935-3 $17.99e-book ed. 978-0-544-11009-0 $17.99Marni is the daughter of a princess and the powerful dragon who presides over the kingdom’s magicked woods. When she was a baby, her grandfather surrendered his throne to his son to save her...
Unexpected intertexuality
I typically read and/or listen to several books at once. At the moment I'm reading Gregory Maguire's upcoming folklore-based fantasy Egg & Spoon (Candlewick, September; scheduled for a starred review in the September/October 2014 Horn Book Magazine) and listening to the audio edition of Candace Fleming's narrative nonfiction book The...
Harry Potter read-alikes
These titles — all recommended by The Horn Book Magazine — offer a mix of magic, adventure, humor, and suspense that will enchant Harry Potter fans.So You Want to Be a Wizard by Diane Duane [Young Wizards series] (Delacorte, 1983; reissued by Harcourt, 2003)A splendid, unusual fantasy tells of the...
YA dragons and witches
What fantasy fan worth her salt doesn’t love a good dragon or witch story? There’s no shortage of them; but these YA novels are wholly original offerings that focus on the development of complex main characters and the subversion of traditional notions of good and evil.Teenager Nathan is a prisoner...
Reviews of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stoneby J. K. Rowling; illus. by Mary GrandpréLevine/ScholasticReviewed 1/99Orphaned Harry Potter has been living a dog’s life with his horrible relatives. He sleeps in the broom cupboard under the stairs and is treated as a slave by his aunt and uncle. On his eleventh birthday,...
Review of Fiendish
Fiendishby Brenna YovanoffHigh School Razorbill/Penguin 341 pp.6/14 978-1-59514-638-0 $17.99 gYovanoff (The Space Between, rev. 1/12; Paper Valentine, rev. 3/13) here weaves a haunting tale of old magic in a changing world. When Clementine was a child, a torch-bearing mob burned out her family; Clementine escaped by virtue of a magical...
Review of The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf
The Interrogation of Ashala Wolfby Ambelin KwaymullinaMiddle School, High School Candlewick 371 pp.4/14 978-0-7636-6988-1 $17.99 ge-book ed. 978-0-7636-7225-6 $17.99In this Australian import, Ashala Wolf is head of the Tribe, a group of refugees deemed Illegals because of their supernatural abilities, which the government claims threaten the world’s fragile Balance. Some...
Review of Feral Curse
Feral Curse [Feral]by Cynthia Leitich SmithHigh School Candlewick 259 pp.2/14 978-0-7636-5910-3 $17.99e-book ed. 978-0-7636-7040-5 $17.99Secret werecat Kayla chooses Valentine’s Day to reveal her true nature to her boyfriend, Ben. He reacts badly, to put it mildly: he runs away from Kayla, is hit by lightning on the antique carousel in...
YA fantasy you've been waiting for
Every fantasy fan knows the exquisite agony of anticipating the next entry in a favorite series — particularly if that entry will be the last. These four new novels continue (and in some cases, complete) popular series.In The Cracks in the Kingdom, the follow-up to Jaclyn Moriarty's BGHB Fiction Award...
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