Teenage Alyssa has begun having the same delusions that landed her mother in a mental hospital: Bugs and flowers whisper secrets to her. It seems all the women in the family have suffered this fate—all the way back to Alice Liddell, the inspiration for ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. But Alyssa discovers that Wonderland is real; she and her mother are not insane; and she has the power to save herself, her mom, and future generations from this curse. Rebecca Gibel’s narrative voice is pleasantly raspy while her characters are delightfully unique, especially those from Wonderland. The listener can enjoyably picture whispery pixies, imposing queens, a stuffy-nosed Humpty Dumpty, and a charming Cockney-accented villain. Gibel’s sterling performance improves this over-the-top paranormal story. G.D. © AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine
Nothing gets a young reader’s heart hopping—and her hands flying through the pages—like a high-stakes story of survival. Whether set in a postapocalyptic wilderness, a quarantined mall, or a reimagined fantasy world, these books feature young people defying the odds and facing terrible dangers. They’ll thrill and delight their receivers, with propulsive stories that will carry […]
We all know the story: a little girl follows a rabbit down a hole and ends up in a magical world. As a kid, I was always kind of scared of Alice in Wonderland. I was as logical a five-year old as it was possible to be, and the idea of a world where logic […]
At the end of October each year, 17-year-old Cara’s family becomes inexplicably accident prone. It’s been that way for years, with many of these family accidents turning deadly.
What do you get when you toss together a bunch of the most brilliant, talented, and creeptastic authors of YA and put them in a single volume of short stories that begs to be read with the lights on? The answer is this summer’s hottest anthology, Slasher Girls & Monster Boys, which features stories by […]
I remember the first time I noticed the “Teen Paranormal Romance” section while shlepping my haul through the bookstore. It felt as if a new age was upon us, a classification born where before there was none. I waited for the revolution…but nothing has yet rocked my organizational world like the hottest thing since the […]