Sarah Anne Carter

Author

Young Adult Fiction

Heartsong — “Normally I hated new beginnings, but this one was different. This would be the last new beginning of my life.” At just 13, Liz Smith is going on a journey no one else has gone on before. She has been chosen to travel to Soma – a moon for the […]

Heartsong by Annie Douglass Lima

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged sci-fi Young Adult Fiction on September 28, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Lovesick — “Chocolate’s been known to cure even the worst case of lovesickness.” When a teenage girl finds herself in love with her best friend’s boyfriend, she fights hard to leave him alone. He treats her like his best buddy and when he gets sick, he leans on her more and more […]

Lovesick by Jacqueline Levering Sullivan

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Young Adult Fiction on April 27, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Flow — [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “We all knew things were difficult, conditions harsh. But if we pulled together, we were told, we would survive. We could thrive in a world which had become difficult to live in. But it was clearly made more difficult for some citizens than for others. The thought […]

Flow by Clare Littlemore

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Dystopian Young Adult Fiction on April 6, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Wonder — “I think there should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives.” In Wonder, August Pullman is facing going to school for the first time in 5th grade. He was born with a facial deformity that required several surgeries […]

Wonder by R.J. Palacio

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Young Adult Fiction on November 17, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

The Final Spark — “Wisdom is not always cowardice. Boldness is not always courage.” The final book in the Michael Vey series, The Final Spark, starts with the assumption that Michael has died in the Battle of Hades. There is no trace of him where the lightning hit his body except for burn marks […]

The Final Spark (Michael Vey 7) by Richard Paul Evans

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Young Adult Fiction on November 6, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

Solo Disaster — “Mom always said that you can’t regret the things you’ve done because regret is like poison. If the decision felt right at the time, then just move on.” Cammie is down to one good friend – her mom. She can’t figure out what she did wrong – she pulled some […]

Solo Disaster by Victoria Kimble

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Religious Young Adult Fiction on October 20, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

Skinnybones — “I had to admit, making people laugh was a lot more fun than sitting quietly at my desk.” Alex makes people laugh – often intentionally, but sometimes not. He is always the smallest kid on his Little League baseball team, but when faced with a year of being in the […]

Skinnybones by Barbara Park

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Young Adult Fiction on October 16, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

Salt to the Sea — “There was something the war couldn’t take from me either. The Nazis couldn’t stop the wind and the snow. The Russians couldn’t take the sun or the stars.” Nearly 9,000 souls were lost at the bottom of the sea when the Wilhelm Gustloff sank. It had carried 10,000. The ship […]

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Young Adult Fiction on October 13, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

Harmony Blues — “Brittany walked calmly to her locker, thinking about what Pilar had said. Could being kind to her enemies really work?” Brittany’s days are filled with highs and lows in Harmony Blues. When her artwork is chosen to be displayed at the state capitol, she feels on top of the world. […]

Harmony Blues by Victoria Kimble

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Religious Young Adult Fiction on July 3, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

The Phantom Tollbooth — “‘… so many things are possible just as long as you don’t know they’re impossible.'” Miles is a boy who finds no enjoyment in anything. School bores him. He walks quickly from place to place not noticing anything. He finds no enjoyment in any of his toys or books. Then, […]

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Young Adult Fiction on November 21, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter