Folly
10 best books like Folly (Marthe Jocelyn): Deaf Republic: Poems, Eighth Grade Bites, Becoming Dangerous: Witchy Femmes, Queer Conjurers and Magical Rebels on Summoning the Power to Resist, The Mysterious Howling, City of Masks, Brothers Far from Home: The World War I Diary of Eliza Bates, Cécile: Gates of Gold, The Girl is Murder, Scarlett Hart: Monster Hunter, The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Vol. 7
| Author | Ilya Kaminsky |
| ISBN | 1555978312 |
Finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry
Finalist for the T. S. Eliot Prize
Finalist for the Forward Prize for Best Collection
Ilya Kaminsky’s astonishing parable in poems asks us, What is silence?
Deaf Republic opens in an occupied country in a time of political...
| Author | Heather Brewer |
| ISBN | 0525478116 |
Junior high really sucks for thirteen-year-old Vladimir Tod. Bullies harass him, the principal is dogging him, and the girl he likes prefers his best friend. Oh, and Vlad has a secret: his mother was human, but his father was a vampire. With no idea of the extent of his powers, Vlad struggles daily with...
A nonfiction book of deeply personal essays by marginalised people using the intersection of feminism, witchcraft, and resistance to summon power and become fearsome in a world that would prefer them afraid. With contributions from twenty witchy femmes, queer conjurers, and magical rebels, Becoming...
| Author | Maryrose Wood |
| ISBN | 0061791059 |
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place are no ordinary children, Miss Penelope Lumley is no ordinary governess, and mysteries abound in this first volume in a new series for ages 9+.
Found running wild in the forest of Ashton Place, the Incorrigibles are no ordinary children: Alexander,...
| Author | Mary Hoffman |
| ISBN | 1582349177 |
Lucien is seriously ill but his life is transformed when an old Italian notebook gives him the power to become a stravagante, a time traveller with access to 16th century Italy. He wakes up in Bellezza (Venice) during carnival time and meets Arianna, a girl his own age who is disguised as a boy in the hope...
Reason for Reading: I am working my way through this series. I chose this one in particular because I am participating in a WWI Reading Challenge.
I was thrilled when I saw Jean Little had written this; she is one of my childhood favourite authors and I just knew it was going to be good. A wonderful...
| Author | Mary Casanova |
| ISBN | 1584855185 |
I read this book when I was young; as a younger me I found it a practically mesmerizing insight into the life of royalty in times of monarchal Versaille and utterly enjoyed reading about a girl who suddenly finds herself diving into the palace's world and discovering whether and where she belongs. The...
| Author | Kathryn Miller Haines |
| ISBN | 1596436093 |
Iris Anderson is only 15, but she's quickly mastering the art of deception in this YA novel for fans of Veronica Mars. It's the Fall of 1942 and Iris's world is rapidly changing. Her Pop is back from the war with a missing leg, limiting his ability to do the physically grueling part of his detective work....
Scarlett Hart: Monster Hunter
| Author | Marcus Sedgwick |
| ISBN | 1250159849 |
Scarlett Hart, orphaned daughter of two legendary monster hunters, is determined to carry on in her parents’ footsteps—even if the Royal Academy for the Pursuit and Eradication of Zoological Eccentricities says she’s too young to fight perilous horrors. But whether it's creepy mummies or...
The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Vol. 7
| Author | Nagabe |
| ISBN | 1642751162 |
This is the seventh volume in the Girl from the Other Side manga series. This is a manga series that is great for all ages. This volume was more violent and had more fighting than any other volume, but I really enjoyed how the story is finally coming to a climax.
The two transformed soldiers have...
