Kate Spofford, author

Tag: book reviews

  • Review: Dirty Little Secrets

    Dirty Little Secrets by C.J. Omololu Summary: Lucy has a dirty secret – her mom is a hoarder. All her life she’s had to keep friends away from her house, especially after a few kids found out and started calling her “Garbage Girl.” Finally Lucy has a chance at being friends with Kaylie, and a…

  • Review: Forbidden

    Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma Summary: With their mother either off with her boyfriend or drunk, Lochan and Maya have spent most of the last five years since their dad left caring for their three younger siblings. Lochan is cracking under the strain of making good grades at school and dealing with 13-year-old Kit, who has…

  • Review: a bunch of Awful Library Books

    Found in my box at work: 1. Make-Up Monsters by Marcia Lynn Cox (1976) So, this looks innocent enough.  That’s until you open it up. Disease Face?  Is that a kind of monster?  Never mind the fact that this kid looks like his face is covered in oatmeal, glued on with corn syrup… Oh, wait.…

  • Review: Tightrope

    Tightrope by Gillian Cross Summary: Ashley – who chooses the name “Cindy” when she tags her graffiti – discovers someone is stalking her by sending weird notes and bits of liver and sheep skulls. Ashley draws the attention of Joe, the court jester to the street king Eddie Beale, and though Ashley is the “good girl”,…

  • Review: This is Not a Test

    This is Not a Test by Courtney Summers My rating: 4 of 5 stars Summary: Sloane’s daily routine of parental abuse is interrupted by the zombie apocalypse. Six months ago, Sloane’s sister Lily ran away, and suddenly Sloane is free and after 7 days of surviving, Sloane finds herself barricaded in her high school with…

  • Review: Across the Universe

    Across the Universe by Beth Revis Summary: Amy’s not exactly happy about being cry0genically frozen for 300 years as she and her parents are sent across the universe to a new planet, and she’s not exactly happy about being woken up out of her cryogenic slumber before them. Aboard the ship it’s a whole different…

  • Review: Thirteen Reasons Why (autographed edition)

    Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher Summary: A high school boy, Clay, receives a set of 13 cassettes in the mail, recorded by a classmate who recently killed herself. On the tapes, she gives 13 reasons why she committed suicide, and is sending the tapes to the 13 people she considers the reasons. Mini Review:  This…

  • Review: I Hunt Killers

    I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga Summary: Jasper “Jazz” Dent is the son of the world’s worst serial killer, Billy Dent. It took the police years to figure out that several different serial killers were actually the same guy. Since his father was arrest back when Jazz was 13, he’s been living with his demented…

  • Review: Grave Mercy

    Grave Mercy by R.L. LaFevers Summary: Ismae has been marked by St. Mortain ever since her mother took poison to try to rid Ismae from her womb. After being rescued from a marriage arranged by her abusive father, Ismae learns to be an assassin at the convent of St. Mortain. Her first major mission is…

  • Review: Paper Towns

    Paper Towns by John Green Summary: Q has always liked his next door neighbor Margo Roth Spiegelman, although after that one time they found a dead body when they were 9, Margo has become popular while Q remains a band geek who doesn’t even play an instrument. One night near the end of senior year,…