by envisionmg | Jan 7, 2021 | Ari Reviews, YA Fiction
The Downstairs Girl is set in 19th century Atlanta, Georgia that tells the story about a young seventeen-year-old girl named Jo Kuan. Jo and her guardian Old Gin live secretly under Mr. Bell’s house who is a publisher for the newspaper called “The Focus” that is not...
by envisionmg | Jan 4, 2021 | Fiction, Staff Review
“Upstate New York, 1982. Viv Delaney wants to move to New York City, and to help pay for it she takes a job as the night clerk at the Sun Down Motel in Fell, New York. But something isnʼt right at the motel, something haunting and scary. Upstate New York, 2017. Carly...
by envisionmg | Dec 28, 2020 | Ari Reviews, Fiction
I Love You So Mochi tells the story of a Japanese American girl named Kimi Nakamura who is a senior in high school. Kimi feels uncertain about her future goals and whether she wants to attend art school after high school to become a painter like her mom. Kimi feels...
by envisionmg | Dec 21, 2020 | YA Fiction
The War that Saved My Life – Kimberly Brubaker Bradley “Ten-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada’s twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother Jamie is shipped out of London to escape the...
by envisionmg | Dec 17, 2020 | Fiction, Sarah Reviews
Epic tales of love are a theme that often wind their way through literature, inspiring future writers to craft romances that capture readers and allow them to join the characters on their journey. The epic Greek myth of Achilles and Patroclus is one that is often...
