A fun alien book, but there were a little too many conveniences for me, and it doesn't get a positive review from Debbie Reese. If I hadn't read that, I might have assumed that the author did enough research and vetting.

Beautiful and brutal account of the Donner Party through the eyes of Mary Ann Graves. You feel the horror of the experience as she moves from hope to despair. A fine work.

I enjoyed this story about a girl who accidentally gets sent to the wrong summer camp. She's supposed to spend the summer with her father, but her stepmother convinces the father that Skye needs to learn about summer camp and hanging out with children her age. Skye makes a fast friend in Mia, but everyone else seems a little bit off. It's not long before she realizes she's at a camp full of monsters!

Seagle has created a wonderful story about how important it is to not hide who you are. I also really enjoyed Katzenstein's art.

Really enjoyed this one. It was scarily realistic. I mean, how would we survive without electricity? No internet? How freaky! This one was so well written. It's only 178 pages, but you are kept on the edge of your seat and hoping that Charlie, his family and friends will make it through everything okay.

This one was delightfully creepy. I finished it quickly in two days. I loved the atmosphere of the story and the villain. So good.

I didn't really care for this one. I liked the slang that added authenticity, but I wasn't really a huge fan of how quickly people's perspectives changed.

I found myself flipping through the pages, hoping to find out what happened next. Jeremiah was so inspirational, and I love how things worked out for them.

I liked this one more than I thought I would. Fuzzy is a robot that is being programmed with fuzzy logic--a robot that learns, and adapts. The school is also one that teaches to the test, and has an AI for a vice principal. Together, Fuzzy and Max work on figuring out what Fuzzy is programmed for, as well as what's happening with Barbara. I enjoyed all the acronyms, and the way Barbara was presented, I think it showed how far our tech obsession could go if left unchecked.

I don't think I've been a huge fan of his other books, but I really liked this one! Bryan gets to the secret bonus level of his favorite video game, and the next thing he knows, his life is turning into one! Funny and a realistic middle school.

I liked it, but I didn't love it. Part of the reason is that the character Gwen is continually referred to as "the clerk." It just irritated me, and got worse as the story goes on. It'd be like, if I was referred as "the librarian" every other paragraph of my life. Otherwise, this was a fun story about synthesia disorder actually being a superpower that only certain people have.