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For anyone who has ever visited Concord, Massachusetts, the words “murder,” “mystery,” and “suspense” are not usually the terms associated with the sleepy little place that was once home to such notable greats as Henry David Th...

Review: A Star for Mrs. Blake

Overshadowed by the losses sustained in the Civil War and World War II, the United States’ involvement in World War I is often overlooked. Yet, according to a PBS source, 116,516 soldiers lost their lives in The Great War. Over...

Review: Layla by Nina de la Mer

Nina de la Mer is a Scottish novelist now based in Brighton, England. Her previous novel, 4 a.m., about a pair of young British army chefs posted to Germany, was published in 2011. She earned praise for capturing the slang-fill...

The 2014 Printz Winner Has Finally Been Announced!

The 2014 Printz Winner has finally arrived! Last week, the American Library Association announced the 2014 Printz winner and four Printz Honor books at the Youth Media Awards celebration. There were a few surprises, and only on...

Dream Caster – A Bold YA Story by a New Author

If your dreams could transform into real-life form, you would truly have great power. This is the basic premise of Najeev Raj Nadarajah’s Dream Caster. Weaver, a young country bumpkin, lives in a post-apocalyptic world and shov...