Tag Archives: Young Adult fiction

Holly Black’s Ironside

Posted on 21st September 2023 by kestrell

In her book At the Bottom of the Garden: A Dark History of Fairies, Hobgoblins, and Other Troublesome Things, Diane Purkiss gives her readers a chilling glimpse of the fairy world through the eyes of the title character in the … Continue reading →

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Anita Amirrezvani’s The Blood of Flowers

Posted on 11th November 2022 by Donna Bird

Toward the end of The Blood of Flowers, the unnamed narrator and main character says, “All our labors were in service of beauty, but sometimes it seemed as if every thread in a carpet had been dipped in the blood … Continue reading →

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Guy Gavriel Kay’s Ysabel

Posted on 20th July 2022 by Cat Eldridge

There is one story and one story only That will prove worth your telling, Whether as learned bard or gifted child; To it all lines or lesser gauds belong That startle with their shining Such common stories as they stray … Continue reading →

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Robin McKinley’s Sunshine

Posted on 4th July 2022 by Grey Walker

Robin McKinley is well known for her wonderful re-tellings of fairy tales such as “Beauty and the Beast” (Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast and Rose Daughter), “Donkeyskin” (Deerskin) and “Sleeping Beauty” (Spindle’s End), as … Continue reading →

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Kenneth Oppel’s Silverwing and Sunwing

Posted on 4th July 2022 by Robert M. Tilendis

Millions of years ago the birds and the beasts engaged in a great war. At the end of the conflict, both sides decided to punish the bats for refusing to join them. The bats were consigned to the night, under … Continue reading →

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Rosemary Sutcliff’s Sword at Sunset

Posted on 4th July 2022 by Diverse Voices

Eric Eller wrote this review. Many authors have reinvented the legend of King Arthur, but the gritty realism and emotional power of Rosemary Sutcliff’s writing places Sword at Sunset in a place of its own. Sutcliff was the first author … Continue reading →

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Rosemary Sutcliff’s historical fiction: An omnibus review

Posted on 4th July 2022 by Diverse Voices

The Eagle of the Ninth (Oxford University Press, 2000) The Silver Branch (Oxford University Press, 2001) Frontier Wolf (Puffin Books, 1984) The Lantern Bearers (Oxford University Press, 2001) Dawn Wind (Puffin Books, 1982) Eric Eller wrote this omnibus review. Compelling … Continue reading →

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Patricia A. McKillip’s The Moon and the Face

Posted on 4th January 2022 by Camille Alexa

In The Moon and the Face, Patricia McKillip revisits Kyreol and Terje from her lovely young adult novel Moon-Flash. Kyreol and Terje, having followed the river to the Dome in book one of this duology, now push beyond the new … Continue reading →

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Naomi Kritzer’s Catfishing on CatNet

Posted on 16th May 2021 by Kit M. Harding

Naomi Kritzer’s Catfishing on CatNet is one of those really kind, sweet, human novels where everyone except the villain is doing their best. They make mistakes – “the road to hell is paved with good intentions” could be this book’s … Continue reading →

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