Review: CALEB’S WARS by David L. Dudley

TITLE: Caleb’s Wars
AUTHOR: David L. Dudley
AUTHOR WEBSITE: davidldudley.blogspot.com

GENRE: Young Adult, Historical
PUBLISHED: Clairon (Oct 25, 2011)

MY RATING: 4

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SYNOPSIS:

A powerful novel about growing up black on the World War II home front in the Jim Crow South. Caleb lives in a world at war. War news is on everyone’s mind, and Caleb’s older brother, Randall, is likely to be sent overseas. The presence of German POWs in Caleb’s rural Georgia community is a constant reminder of what’s happening in Europe. Locked in a power struggle with his domineering father and fighting to keep both his temper and his self-respect in dealing with whites, Caleb finds his loyalties shifting and his certainties slipping away. This coming-of-age story, set in a time before the civil rights movement emerged, traces one young man’s growing commitment to justice and to the courage needed to protect it.

Review: THE IRON KNIGHT by Julie Kagawa

TITLE: The Iron Knight
AUTHOR: Julie Kagawa
AUTHOR WEBSITE: www.JulieKagawa.com

GENRE: Young Adult, Fantasy
FANTASY ELEMENT: Faeries
PUBLISHED: October 26, 2011  - Harlequin Teen
MY RATING: 3
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SYNOPSIS:

Ash, former prince of the Winter Court, gave up everything. His title, his home, even his vow of loyalty. All for a girl… and all for nothing. Unless he can earn a soul.

To survive in the Iron realm, Ash must have a soul and a mortal body. But the tests he must face to earn these things are impossible. At least, no one has ever passed to tell the tale.

And then Ash learns something that changes everything. A truth that turns reality upside down, challenges his darkest beliefs and shows him that, sometimes, it takes more than courage to make the ultimate sacrifice.