Grieshaber
- Jul 1, 2019
Little Do We Know by Tamara Ireland Stone
Hannah and Emory have been best friends living just 36 steps from each other since forever. That friendship status changed three months...
Grieshaber
- Jun 24, 2019
Sorry for Your Loss by Jessie Ann Foley
Sorry for Your Loss is Pup’s coming of age story. Every bildungsroman features a character that faces challenges, but Pup suffers more...
Grieshaber
- Jun 23, 2019
Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
Monday’s Not Coming tells the story of Claudia, who comes home from a summer away at Gramma’s house to find that her best friend is...
Grieshaber
- Apr 22, 2019
Forward Me Back to You by Mitali Perkins
Although Kat fought off her would-be rapist with her champion Brazilian jiujitsu skills, she is not left undamaged. She is suffering...
Grieshaber
- Mar 11, 2019
Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee by Jeff Zentner
Before I extol on the virtues of Rayne & Delilah’s Midnite Matinee, I need to vent. Y’know, sometimes technology is a bummer. Jeff...
Grieshaber
- Mar 10, 2019
Dance of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson
Lia, now the Queen of Venda, has named Kazi (former street thief) a member of the Rhatan, the queen’s most trusted guard. The Queen...
Grieshaber
- Feb 26, 2019
Hope Nation edited by Rose Brock
How am I just now learning about Dr. Rose Brock?? She’s a self-professed “Audiobook Evangelist” (same, girl, same), a professor of...
Grieshaber
- Feb 22, 2019
On the Come Up
Bri Jackson’s family is struggling HARD. Her mom, Jay, is an eight-year recovering drug addict and she just lost her job. Her older...
Grieshaber
- Jan 24, 2019
Odd One Out by Nic Stone
Courtney “Coop” Cooper is a super-sweet, great-looking basketball player and cheerleader who is secretly (not-so-secretly if you ask his...
Grieshaber
- Jan 22, 2019
Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott
Despite the controversy over the portrayal of Cystic Fibrosis, the inclusion of almost every overused trope in YA lit, the archetypal...
Grieshaber
- Jan 10, 2019
Must-Read Books
Earlier this school year, a reporter from The Solitaire (Fort Zumwalt West High School's newspaper) asked for my opinion regarding what...
Grieshaber
- Dec 17, 2018
Between Shades of Gray (Ashes in the Snow) by Ruta Sepetys
On this blog, O'Daniels and I review recently released YA books. When I saw the movie trailer for Ashes in the Snow, the film adaptation...
