Title: Monstress Volumes 1 and 2 Author: Marjorie Liu Year Published: 2016 and 2017 Format: Paperback,  192 pp and 152 pp Summary: Volume 1 (issues 1-6): Set in an alternate matriarchal 1900's Asia, in a richly imagined world of art deco-inflected steam punk, MONSTRESS tells the story of a teenage girl who is struggling to… Continue reading Review – Monstress Volumes 1 and 2 by Marjorie Liu

Title: Daughter of the Pirate King and Daughter of the Siren Queen Author: Tricia Levenseller Years Published: 2017 and 2018 Format: eBooks, 320 pp and 352 pp Summary: Daughter of the Pirate King - Sent on a mission to retrieve an ancient hidden map—the key to a legendary treasure trove—seventeen-year-old pirate captain Alosa deliberately allows… Continue reading Review – Daughter of the Pirate King and Daughter of the Siren Queen by Tricia Levenseller

Title: Love, Life, and the List Author: Kasie West Year Published: 2017 Format: Hardcover, 384 pp Summary: Seventeen-year-old Abby Turner’s summer isn’t going the way she’d planned. She has a not-so-secret but definitely unrequited crush on her best friend, Cooper. She hasn’t been able to manage her mother’s growing issues with anxiety. And now she’s… Continue reading Review – Love, Life, and the List by Kasie West

Title: Mango & Bambang: The Not-a-Pig Author: Polly Faber Year Published: 2015 Format: Hardcover, 144 pp Summary: A charming collection of four beautifully illustrated stories about the unlikely friendship between Mango, a little girl, and Bambang, a Malaysian tapir. Mango Allsorts is good at all sorts of things, not just karate and chess. Bambang is most… Continue reading Review – Mango and Bambang by Polly Faber