(3) YA With brutal honesty, Elena Dunkle recounts her life with anorexia: her food-hiding strategies; her suspicion of people trying to help; her time in and out of treatment centers; and how not eating felt like a lifeline, even as it destroyed her body and life. The details are sometimes excruciating, and there's hope but no easy fix. A valuable approximation of one anorexic's in-the-moment mindset.

Reviewer: Rebecca Fox

(1) YA Illustrated by Patrick Arrasmith. Dunkle's gothic tale inspired by Wuthering Heights conjures Emily Brontë's isolated, windswept moors but heightens its supernatural elements. Plain Tabby is taken to dreary Seldom House to watch over a small, wild boy; the children are soon visited by a ghost. Dunkle's style recalls a nineteenth-century narrative, echoed by spooky black-and-white illustrations. An engrossing thriller and worthy companion to its literary ancestor.

Reviewer: Lauren Adams | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2010

(3) YA Martin (The Sky Inside), accompanied by his robotic dog, continues exploring outside his domed suburb. Hunted by the authorities, Martin is eventually able to free his parents. He also ultimately discovers the true reason behind the apocalypse and who is actually running the country. Readers will eagerly turn pages as Martin continues his rocky growth to maturity while navigating his grim society.

Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo

(3) YA Thirteen-year-old Martin lives in an apparent utopia. However, recent events make him begin to question this rosy picture of life. After his sister is taken away, he resolves to journey outside their domed suburb and find out the truth behind the façade. Part coming-of-age story, part thriller, the novel leads readers on an exciting adventure through a grim future.

Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo

(4) YA When a mysterious wood carver arrives in Madeleine's small Scottish village, she is enchanted by his skills and falls in love. Later she learns of his horrific double life as a werewolf, as well as how she can save him. The novel's predictable conclusion is offset by the gruffness of the characters, the seamlessly woven historical details, and the village's superstitious atmosphere.

Reviewer: Lauren Maggio

(4) YA Hollow Kingdom Trilogy series. In this sequel to The Hollow Kingdom, Emily, Kate's sister, seeks to win back her spurned lover, the elf Seylin. The engaging, richly imagined set-up and rising action end in an insipid account of the captured elf brides adjusting to their new home and husbands. An irrelevant episode concludes the book and sets up the next.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

(4) YA Kate Winslow reluctantly agrees to marry hideous Marak, the King of the Goblins, in exchange for her sister's safety. She discovers her love for him when she rescues him from an evil sorcerer. Beginning like Tam Lin and ending like Beauty and the Beast, this ultimately entertaining fantasy overcomes a clichéd start and a poorly shaped plot to finish satisfyingly.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam