Character Madness and Musings

  One If The Virago Trilogy Book 1 by Carol B. Allen Genre: YA SciFi Fantasy Adventure GOLD MEDAL WINNER - GLOBAL BOOK AWARDS, Teen & Young Adult Sci-Fi Fantasy In this race against time, three teens with powers that defy science take on a warring planet destroyed by climate change. But will they return home? Trapped in an epic time/space confrontation, the trio battle destiny. Alliances are betrayed. Unlikely friendships are forged. And young love flourishes in a race against impossible odds in this thrilling young adult sci-fi fantasy adventure. When Parker Kittredge, a quirky science student from New York City, is lured to her terrace by a frisky hummingbird, she slips and plunges 18 stories to the street. She awakens in Spyridon, a planet destroyed by climate change and locked in a civil war. Parker quickly discovers she is not alone. Two other teens have also been kidnapped and they must join forces to save the planet if they have any chance to return to Earth. The tee...

Little Tree, Ask Me! By Kim Pollack McGrath Genre: Children's Picture Book Little Tree is thirsty from the hot summer sun. Throughout the day various prairie animals pass his way, but no one has any water for the Little Tree. Will Little Tree ever get a drink? Amazon * BooksAMillion * Google * Goodreads A Fable About Miss Able Based on the Survival of the First Monkey Into Outer Space By Kim Pollack McGrath Genre: Children's Picture Book Miss Able lives in a castle with other monkeys in Independence, Kansas. Miss Able sees a baseball that was hit by Mantle fly above her and she thinks it is a shooting star. She becomes fascinated by that shooting star and dreams of going into space and being a shooting star. One day some men from NASA came and selected Miss Able to be placed into a rocket to see if anything alive can survive in outer space. Miss Able couldn't believe it! Her dream had come true. Read all about Miss Able’s adventure in this fun and educational story, A Fa...

Seaspoken by Sarah Delena White Publication date: July 19th 2022 Genres: Fantasy, New Adult, Romance, Young Adult An ocean consumed by rage. A challenge that demands blood. A love that defies everything. Battle-hardened warrior Evya Atathari longs for a truce between her sea-dwelling tribe and the elven invaders. But her mother, the powerful and vengeful Seamother, will stop at nothing to see the elves destroyed. Then the Seamother enacts a brutal rite of challenge for Evya’s hand to gain a powerful ally in the war. But even as the greatest warriors of the sea vie for her favor, her heart is captured by a man who should be her mortal enemy. Keliveth Dalzana is a failed prophet of the elven king’s court—until a vision leads him to Evya and a chance at ending the war. Drawn to Keliveth’s idealism, Evya agrees to help him win the deadly contest for her hand and establish a peace treaty through their marriage. Together, they dare to dream of a better future. But when their own peoples tu...

Never Gonna Happen by Linda Kage Publication date: November 8th 2022 Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult Peyton’s mom and my mom were best friends. You’d think that should cover the gist of it. But, no… Oh, no. Not even close. You see, Mom and Aunt Donna (as I’d always called Peyton’s mother) were not simply just best friends; I’m saying they were the-same-person-inhabiting-two-different-bodies kind of best friends. And thus, Peyton Royce had been forced on me since the moment she was born. We were treated like twins, yet always expected to fall in love one day and get married. The only problem with that was I didn’t love Peyton. And I’m fairly certain she didn’t even like me in return. Don’t get me wrong. I adored our moms—swear to God—but they had to let this stupid notion go, because one thing had become abundantly clear to me over the years. I would never marry Peyton Royce. I think it was my one goal in life, actually. So… Sorry, Mom and Aunt Donna, but you two just weren...

YA Fantasy Date Published: 11/1/2022 Iora overhears sinister whispering coming from her well and is attacked by a strange creature. She knows her father is in mortal danger, but no one will listen. She sneaks out to search the enchanted Wacky Wilderness for him, but Beetle isn’t about to let her go alone. Among the jungle denizens, they encounter wild animals, hidden tribes, secretive lands, and strange and magical creatures: some friendly and some not. After finding one of the guiding angels of the jungle, the search for her father becomes a quest to save the jungle! They only have 17 days to find the other four forest Angels and the elusive Spirit of the Jungle! But the dark forces aren’t going to sit by and let that happen…   About the Author Arefa Tehsin is the author of 16 fiction and non-fiction books, both for children and adults, and contributes columns, features and travel articles to various publications lik...

Chosen Guardian by Cortney Pearson (The Stolen Tears Series, #1) Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult “This story by an accomplished YA writer is jam-packed…The action moves so quickly that the reader is fully engaged to the very last page.” –Publisher’s WeeklyBookLife Prize Tears are used to steal magic. Stolen magic equals slavery. I must take up the fight. In an emotionless world, tears are a precious commodity, valued for their magic and sold on the black market. When I find a vial of these enchanted tears, it paints a target. The ruthless Arcaian soldiers use tears to steal magic, and now they’re after me. I can’t defend myself against an army. My only chance of survival is aligning myself with a rogue soldier. Talon is rugged, battle-scarred, and full of heavily guarded secrets that keep us both in danger, but I can’t help how drawn to him I am. But what happens when I discover his darkest secret of all? With Talon’s wavering allegiance, there’s no one I can trust. The tea...