Summary: Does the prophecy (which says that the six will overcome the evil) really mean what it seems to mean. Young Adult fantasy is a popular category for both adults and teens/pre-teens. It is common to ridicule it, but there is something comforting about YA Fantasy. As I have thought about it previously, and written … Read more
Summary: Young adult fantasy that knows the conventions of the genre, but isn’t reduced to them. Thirteen year old Darcy Pennington doesn’t have any friends. Her real love in life is horses. For the past several years she has gone to a summer camp dedicated to riding horses. But this year, both because of financial … Read more
Summary: I read it (a sixth time?) through my kids’ eyes, who were reading/listening for the first time. I love reading books to my kids, a lot more than my kids love being read to. I didn’t write about it here, but I started Wrinkle in Time a couple months ago and my kids did … Read more
Summary: A retelling of a Siberian folktale. I have come to The Carver and the Queen because I have begun to follow the work of Owl’s Nest Publishers. It is a relatively new small publisher (about 2-3 years old). One of the founders is the author, KB Hoyle, and I am a big fan of … Read more