Abby Petree

YA Book Reviewer/Writer

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Abby Petree has been writing for the Young Folks’ Books section for the past two years, but she’s been overanalyzing everything she reads and watches since day one. Seriously, don’t even bring up Beauty and the Beast. Outside of this website, she teaches 6th grade English in Northern California and works as a freelance writer and social media manager on the side.

YA Books that Complement School Readings

The school year has already begun for most of you high school students out there, unless you’re one of the lucky ones, which means that you’re going to spend the next nine months reading a bunch of classics that you…

Book Review: House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig

“Once There Were Twelve of Us.” House of Salt and Sorrows open on a funeral. The Thaumas family is burying their fourth daughter, Eulalie – the fourth oldest, and also the fourth to die mysteriously. Now only eight sisters remain,…

Book Review: Ever Alice by H. J. Ramsay

“We’re all mad here.” These cryptic, confusing words from the iconic Cheshire Cat have been part of our vocabulary since Alice in Wonderland first came out. As Alice travels through Wonderland, we see that everyone in Wonderland is indeed mad,…

YA Book Titles That Take Ambiguity Too Far

Book titles by nature have to be interesting. They have to pull us in, make us want to read the book. And often, the way they make book titles interesting is by making them ambiguous. There’s intrigue in the mystery,…