Galley Review: Glimmerglass by Jenna Black

Dana Hathaway doesn't know it yet, but she's in big trouble. When her alcoholic mom shows up at her voice recital drunk, again, Dana runs away to find her mysterious father in Avalon--the only place on earth where the everyday world and the magical world of Faerie intersect. But from the moment she sets foot in Avalon, everything goes wrong, for it turns out she's not an ordinary girl. She's a Faeriewalker, a rare individual who can travel between both worlds, and the only person who can bring magic into the human world and technology into Faerie.

What SL teens are saying about the book...

"The relationships and personalities of the characters are very developed and entertaining."--Jessica P.

"Not a typical supernatural book. No vampires and wizards! It's filled with faeries who aren't dainty in the slightest. Very entertaining."--Belle Y.

Book Review: By The Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead by Julie Anne Peters

Daelyn Rice is broken beyond repair, and after a string of botched suicide attempts, she's determined to get her death right. She starts visiting a web site for "completers" and blogs about her life, revealing a history of bullying. Then a boy named Santana begins to sit with her after school, even though she's made it clear she wants to be left alone. It's too late for Daelyn to be letting people into her life...isn't it?

What SL teens are saying about the book...

"The countdown (to her suicide) made me nervous. I kept thinking to myself, 'X amount of days left. Will she change her mind?' I thought the book was good and read it in 3 hours."-- Simone F.

"It's a great book, especially for those who get teased, that has an important message about suicide."--Victoria M.

"I like the fact that loves comes unexpectedly in this book. But overall it seems lower quality than her other books."--Lucia Z.

"The book lets the reader get deep into the mind of a suicidal person. It shows you that it's not all about self-pity to them; it's about much, much more."--Jessica P.