Book-A-Like: If I Stay & Before I Fall
Heart-rending stories about life and the choices we make feature in today’s QBD Book-a-like. If I Stay by Gayle Forman: Just listen,’ Adam says with a voice that sounds like shrapnel. I open my eyes wide now. I sit up as much as I can. And I listen.‘Stay,’ he says. Everybody has to make […]
Just What I Needed…Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon
I finished this in a matter of hours, though I spread my reading out over a day and a bit. Filled with illustrations and diagrams and IM logs, this was a good read that I absolutely powered through. It had a lot of positives but also a bunch of negatives. PLUS: * I felt like […]
Happy Release Day To The Cruelty!
Scott Bergstrom’s much-anticipated YA thriller, The Cruelty, is released today! From the back of the book: When Gwendolyn Bloom realizes that her father has been kidnapped, she has to take matters into her own hands. She traces him from New York City across the dark underbelly of Europe, taking on a new identity to survive […]
QBD Highpoint’s ‘Must Read’ YA Fiction!
Looking to delve into YA? Our Highpoint team have put together a ‘must read’ list for you! Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta: This book is one of my all-time favourites. I read Looking for Alibrandi seventeen years ago and it is still the book I go back to when I don’t feel […]
