Karlyn
9 books reviewed

The Female of the Species
by Mindy McGinnis
Alex is known as "the girl with the dead sister." Her older sister Anna was murdered three years ago, and in the time since, Alex has succeeded in carrying out a violent, but secret, revenge on her si... (Karlyn)

They All Saw a Cat
by Brendan Wenzel
How does a dog, or a snake, or a nocturnal skunk see a cat? Brendan Wenzel's picture book shows you the same cat through the specialized eyes of several different creatures. It's incredibly simple on... (Karlyn)

The Trouble with Twins
by Kathryn Siebel
A mother narrates a tale to her young daughter of twin sisters named Arabella and Henrietta Osgood. From birth, Arabella has always been more beautiful and bubbly than her serious and quiet sister. De... (Karlyn)

American Girls
by Alison Umminger
Fed up with the new lives of her divorced parents, 15-year-old Anna steals her stepmom's credit card and hightails it to Los Angeles to stay with her half-sister, Delia, a struggling actress. She soon... (Karlyn)

Raymie Nightingale
by Kate DiCamillo
Raymie Clark's father has run away with the dental hygienist, leaving 10-year-old Raymie and her mother behind. The only way to bring him back, Raymie believes, is by winning the 1975 "Little Miss Cen... (Karlyn)

The Rest of Us Just Live Here
by Patrick Ness
Imagine a group of kids living their ordinary lives in a world where something extraordinary is happening. Something that includes immortals, gods, and zombie deers! Mikey and his friends aren't the "... (Karlyn)

Sunny Side Up
by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm
It's the summer of 1976 and nothing seems to be going right for 10-year-old Sunny Lewin. She is sent by her parents to spend the summer with her Gramps at his retirement home in Florida and it's quite... (Karlyn)

Thunder Boy Jr.
by Sherman Alexie and Yuyi Morales
Thunder Boy Smith Jr., known as "Little Thunder," is named for his dad. He wants a new name of his own, though, to commemorate one of his cool achievements, a name like "Touch the Clouds," or "Not Afr... (Karlyn)

A Fierce and Subtle Poison
by Samantha Mabry
At the end of Calle Sol in Puerto Rico, the myth says, there's a cursed house consumed in plants, the home to a scientist and his daughter, a girl filled with poison and with green skin and grass for... (Karlyn)