MG/YA Book Reviews by a MG/YA Writer
Hi folks,
The good news is that I’ve been completely absorbed with finishing the first draft of a new novel, the sequel to Shadow Apprentice and Book 2 of the Garrison Creek Chronicles. The bad news is that I won’t be posting a June edition of Bookcase Bizarro.
I’ll be back in July with new MG/YA book reviews and recommendations, as well as an update on setting up my online store. (Can anyone say ‘economic nexus?’)
Until then, take care and don’t forget to smell the flowers (unless you have allergies). And remember, you can always check out the talented and dedicated KIDLIT book bloggers who post at #IMWAYR (KIDLIT version) and Greg Pattridge’s MMGM for your weekly reading fix. (Click on the blue links below.) In fact, I plan to do exactly that!
Thirteen-year-old Ermin is a gifted mechanic and the worst student at St. Anselm’s Training School for Orphans. She’s just failed her exams for the third time—something nobody’s ever done. Worse, Ermin’s been running her own repair business for money—something that’s expressly forbidden. If the headmistress finds out, Ermin will go to prison. Her future will be over before it’s even begun.
But that’s not her only secret.
Her best friends, Colin and Georgie, are wizards in a world where magic is strictly controlled. Ermin worries that her friends will be captured, drained of their power, then banished. When Georgie’s caught aiding the Wizard’s Resistance, Ermin repairs a broken flying carpet so all three of them can escape.
Hesitant to join the Resistance because of her lack of magical power, Ermin steals an experimental device from a wizard hunter that could destroy every wizard in the Creek. She’s faced with a choice: either smash the device or convert it into a different kind of weapon—one that not only helps wizards but just might get her an apprenticeship at the prestigious Guild Academy.
Ermin’s got one chance to get it right. If she fails, she risks losing her two best friends… and her dreams.
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Thanks for being a Bookcase Bizarro reader! I’ll be back next month with more author news, and more MG and YA book reviews. See you then!
#IMWAYR is a weekly blog hop hosted by Unleashing Readers and Teach Mentor Texts. Its focus is to share the love of KIDLIT and recommend KIDLIT books to readers of all ages.
Greg Pattridge also hosts weekly MG blog hop MMGM every Monday at his website, Always in the Middle.
Awesome that you were getting so much writing done. Yay! The first book in your series sounds amazing. Very intrigued! I am leaving for vacation- but I have added it to my TBR and hope to get a copy when I get home.
Happy writing!
Thanks so much for your words of encouragement, Stephanie! I hope you have a wonderful vacation. See you on the other side!