Stolen by Lucy Christopher

Stolen by Lucy Christopher is an unusual love story about a man who kidnaps a girl he has been stalking for about 6 years (while falling in love with her).  The novel is from the girl’s, Gemma, perspective as she attempts to escape from her kidnapper named Ty. Strangely enough, my favorite character is Ty. …

Once by Morris Gleitzman

The novel Once is about a boy named Felix’s journey to find his parents.  The book is set in the year 1942 in Poland and Germany.  Felix is the son of Jewish parents who run a bookshop in Poland.  Germany is under Hitler’s control and they are gathering Jews to send to the death camps…

Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman

The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman is a captivating read.  The Grimm Legacy fuses fairytale and reality to create a well paced storyline.  The main character Elizabeth Rew has recently been given a job at the New York Circulating Material Repository.  She spends her days doing mundane office work.  After taking and acing a “trustworthy…