Tag: Contemporary YA

August 27, 2021 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Book Review: In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner

Teen librarian Karen Jensen reviews the most recent contemporary YA by author Jeff Zentner, "a stunning, achingly moving book."

April 23, 2015 by Amanda MacGregor

Book Review: Things We Know by Heart by Jessi Kirby

When we meet Quinn, in Jessi Kirby’s Things We Know by Heart, it has been 400 days since her boyfriend Trent was killed in an accident. In those 400 days, Quinn has been wallowing in her grief and wallowing HARD (and who can blame her?). She’s basically stopped doing everything she once enjoyed and doesn’t […]

February 5, 2015 by Amanda MacGregor

Book review: Promposal by Rhonda Helms

In Promposal, by Rhonda Helms, best friends Camilla and Joshua are angsting about who their prom dates will be. Camilla has agreed to go with a peer who barely qualifies as a friend, even though she’d rather go with her psychology class crush. Joshua would love to finally confess how he feels to his friend […]