The Book Shire

YA Contemporary

The Memory of Things by Gae Polisner

I doubt that I’m the only one to think this, but The Memory of Things was not at all what I was expecting when I requested it. Overall, this worked in its [...]

100 Days by Nicole McInnes

100 Days takes a familiar trope – terminally ill teen – and shows that even familiar things can feel new and fresh when done well. Moira, Agnes, and [...]

All We Have Left by Wendy Mills

I feel like if I start talking about this book I will never ever stop, so I’m just gonna dive right in and apologize ahead of time for any [...]

How It Ends by Catherine Lo

How it Ends may not have the most original premise – two best friends torn asunder by the pressures and politics of high school drama – but what it lacks [...]

How to Keep Rolling After a Fall by Karole Cozzo

GUYS. THIS BOOK. This book could have gone horribly wrong. It could have come off as insensitive. It could have featured a whiny and annoying [...]

The Lost and Found by Katrina Leno

Synopsis: A charming and imaginative new novel about getting lost before you can be found. LOST: Frannie and Louis met in an online support group when [...]

Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven

It took me a while to write this review because this book… This book changed my life. You know that feeling when you meet a protagonist who just gets it? [...]

Lucky Few by Kathryn Ormsbee

Synopsis: Stevie, Max, and Sanger: keeping Austin weird. Stevie Hart is homeschooled, but don’t hold that against her. Sure, she and her best (okay, [...]

The Leaving by Tara Altebrando

Synopsis: Six were taken. Eleven years later, five come back--with no idea of where they've been. Eleven years ago, six kindergarteners went missing [...]