Category Archives: Ofilia

Best of 2018: Ofilia

Posted on February 5, 2019 by

Happy Tuesday, fellow readers! We’ve got a brand new best of for you today, and this time it’s Ofilia’s! Ofilia is our fearless leader here in the youth services department of SPL, and loves all things Frida Kahlo. She’s also … Continue reading →

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Mary’s Monster: Love, Madness and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein by Lita Judge

Posted on October 10, 2018 by

About: This free-verse biography with black-and-white watercolor illustrations depicts “Frankenstein’s” young author, Mary Shelley. Ofilia’s Thoughts: This year marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein so this biography of Mary Shelley comes at a perfect time. This is … Continue reading →

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The Art of Starving by Sam J. Miller

Posted on February 19, 2018 by

The Art of Starving by Sam J. Miller About: A bullied gay teen boy with an eating disorder believes he’s developed super powers via starvation. (taken from SPL catalog)  Ofilia’s Thoughts: The premise of this book is absolutely intriguing. The … Continue reading →

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The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Saenz

Posted on February 5, 2018 by

  The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Saenz About: A story set on the American border with Mexico, about family and friendship, life and death, and one teen struggling to understand what his adoption does and doesn’t … Continue reading →

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The Leaving by Tara Altebrando

Posted on August 29, 2017 by

The Leaving by Tara Altebrando About: Six kindergarteners were taken. Eleven years later, five come back–with no idea of where they’ve been. No one remembers the sixth victim, Max. Avery, Max’s sister, needs to find her brother–dead or alive–and isn’t … Continue reading →

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Daughters Unto Devils by Amy Lukavics

Posted on June 20, 2017 by

Daughters Unto Devils by Amy Lukavics About: When sixteen-year-old Amanda Verner’s family decides to move from their small mountain cabin to the vast prairie, she hopes it is her chance for a fresh start. She can leave behind the memory … Continue reading →

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Victoria Rebels by Carolyn Meyer

Posted on May 16, 2017 by

Victoria Rebels by Carolyn Meyer About: Through diary entries, reveals the life of Britain’s strong-willed and short-tempered Queen Victoria from the age of eight through her twenty-fourth birthday, up to her third wedding anniversary with her beloved Albert in 1843. … Continue reading →

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A Taste for Monsters by Matthew J. Kirby

Posted on March 7, 2017 by

What a treat! Ofilia, Debbie, and Lauren all read and reviewed: A Taste for Monsters by Matthew J. Kirby  About: In 1888 seventeen-year-old Evelyn Fallow, herself disfigured by the phosphorus in the match factory where she worked, has been hired … Continue reading →

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If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo

Posted on January 30, 2017 by

If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo Reviewed by Ofilia About: Amanda Hardy only wants to fit in at her new school, but she is keeping a big secret, so when she falls for Grant, guarded Amanda finds herself … Continue reading →

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We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson

Posted on July 25, 2016 by

We are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson About: Abducted by aliens periodically throughout his youth, Henry Denton is informed by his erstwhile captors that they will end the world in 144 days unless he stops them by deciding that … Continue reading →

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