(2) YA Prisoners of Peace series. A newly minted AI, Greta (The Scorpion Rules) is struggling with the differences between her formerly human self and her new self. She finds surprising solace in her relationship with Talis, the AI dictator for peace, and the Swan Riders, members of Talis's army. Standout world-building and the exploration of big questions that science fiction so readily facilitates (e.g., what makes us human?) will satisfy readers.

Reviewer: Kazia Berkley-Cramer | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2016

(3) YA Prisoners of War series. Night, Inferno, East, and Nowhere provide backstories on how four protagonists ended up in (fictional) Nazi concentration camp KL Himmelweg in Poland; books one (Wire) and six (Heaven) explain how they plan and execute an escape. The continuous narrative is gripping and doesn't hold back from grisly details. The middle books' rich character development helps give the overall story its impact. Review covers the following Prisoners of War titles: The Path to Heaven, Rumors from the East, Screams in the Night, The Simmering Inferno, Through the Wire, and Train to Nowhere.

Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo

(3) YA Prisoners of War series. Night, Inferno, East, and Nowhere provide backstories on how four protagonists ended up in (fictional) Nazi concentration camp KL Himmelweg in Poland; books one (Wire) and six (Heaven) explain how they plan and execute an escape. The continuous narrative is gripping and doesn't hold back from grisly details. The middle books' rich character development helps give the overall story its impact. Review covers the following Prisoners of War titles: The Path to Heaven, Rumors from the East, Screams in the Night, The Simmering Inferno, Through the Wire, and Train to Nowhere.

Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo

(3) YA Prisoners of War series. Night, Inferno, East, and Nowhere provide backstories on how four protagonists ended up in (fictional) Nazi concentration camp KL Himmelweg in Poland; books one (Wire) and six (Heaven) explain how they plan and execute an escape. The continuous narrative is gripping and doesn't hold back from grisly details. The middle books' rich character development helps give the overall story its impact. Review covers the following Prisoners of War titles: The Path to Heaven, Rumors from the East, Screams in the Night, The Simmering Inferno, Through the Wire, and Train to Nowhere.

Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo

(3) YA Prisoners of War series. Night, Inferno, East, and Nowhere provide backstories on how four protagonists ended up in (fictional) Nazi concentration camp KL Himmelweg in Poland; books one (Wire) and six (Heaven) explain how they plan and execute an escape. The continuous narrative is gripping and doesn't hold back from grisly details. The middle books' rich character development helps give the overall story its impact. Review covers the following Prisoners of War titles: The Path to Heaven, Rumors from the East, Screams in the Night, The Simmering Inferno, Through the Wire, and Train to Nowhere.

Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo

(3) YA Prisoners of War series. Night, Inferno, East, and Nowhere provide backstories on how four protagonists ended up in (fictional) Nazi concentration camp KL Himmelweg in Poland; books one (Wire) and six (Heaven) explain how they plan and execute an escape. The continuous narrative is gripping and doesn't hold back from grisly details. The middle books' rich character development helps give the overall story its impact. Review covers the following Prisoners of War titles: The Path to Heaven, Rumors from the East, Screams in the Night, The Simmering Inferno, Through the Wire, and Train to Nowhere.

Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo

(3) YA Prisoners of War series. Night, Inferno, East, and Nowhere provide backstories on how four protagonists ended up in (fictional) Nazi concentration camp KL Himmelweg in Poland; books one (Wire) and six (Heaven) explain how they plan and execute an escape. The continuous narrative is gripping and doesn't hold back from grisly details. The middle books' rich character development helps give the overall story its impact. Review covers the following Prisoners of War titles: The Path to Heaven, Rumors from the East, Screams in the Night, The Simmering Inferno, Through the Wire, and Train to Nowhere.

Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo

(2) YA Prisoners of Peace series. Pan Polar Confederacy princess Greta and the world's other royal children are held hostage: if a leader goes to war, his or her child is killed; if that child survives to eighteen, he or she is released. There's a welcome spin on the damsel-in-distress-falls-for-rebellious-boy trope--Greta's love interest is Da-Xia, Daughter of Heaven, rather than insurrectionary hostage Elián. A smart, compelling Hunger Games read-alike.

Reviewer: Kazia Berkley-Cramer | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2015