Book Review: JACKABY By William Ritter New York: Algonquin Young Readers, 2014. $12.99 Advertised as Sherlock Holmes meets Doctor Who, William Ritter’s charming, thrilling young adult novel introduces readers to the plucky, young Abigail Rook and the mysterious R.F. Jackaby. Having run away from England and the life of a typical well-brought-up young lady—complete with […]
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Book Review: ELITE: MOSTLY HARMLESS
ELITE: MOSTLY HARMLESS By Kate Russell United Kingdom: Fantastic Books Publishing, 2014. $32.50 8 hours / 4 CDs Anyone who remembers the seminal video game Elite that appeared in the early 1980s will welcome the arrival of the game in its 21st century incarnation, Elite: Dangerous—now accompanied by a series of novels, authorised by the […]
Junior Crime Scene Sleuths
Junior Crime Scene Sleuths Can you imagine being a seventeen-year-old who casually mentions the time she almost stepped on a scapula bone walking through the forest, or a sixteen-year-old who spots the bullet that went through a victim and ended up buried in the dirt of a park?I now know teens like this. I’ve written […]