BT10 - King Dork by Frank PortmanFrank Portman (a.k.a. Dr. Frank) started writing in the early years of the 21st century. King Dork, his debut, was published in 2006. Inspired by The Mr. T Experience song ‘King Dork’, it may be no surprise that music is what gets Portman’s protagonists through the day.
BT14 – Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
In Revolution Jennifer Donnelly interlaces two worlds, centuries apart, in one gripping story, where troubled 21st-century Andi Alpers’ life touches that of Alexandrine Paradis, an actress living in Paris during the French Revolution.
BT19 – Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride
With Hold Me Closer, Necromancer Lish McBride has written a story that is both spine-chilling and filled with the sarcastic wit so characteristic of young adults. It slips you into a world of necromancers and wiccans, werewolves, gnomes and harbingers.
BT22 – In the Path of Falling Objects by Andrew Smith
In In the Path of Falling Objects Andrew Smith sets the heroic but terrifying road trip of 16-year-old Jonah and his younger brother Simon in the red and blistering-hot lands of the Southwest.
BT24 – Stick by Andrew Smith
With Stick Smith leaves us rattled again, for Stick’s world is a malicious and ugly one. Smith’ choice of words is uncompromising, his prose is direct and candid, and the story is often spine-chillingly rough, and yet he manages to let us, through Stick’s eyes, see beauty and love.
