The Paige Turner

A blog for young adult book lovers

Sheltered by Debra Chapoton

Read a synopsis here! Number of pages: 236 This was such a creepy book (but in a good way)! Sheltered is not only creepy, but it is a dark and disturbing novel that deals with many issues including schizophrenia, self-mutilation, family/home life issues, and a variety of other topics. Basically, five teens are put together in this house organized by the "leader" Ben. Ben is one of the five teens and he makes sure that everything gets paid for and that the other kids do their fair share around the house. The rest of the teens start...

The Ivy by Lauren Kunze with Rina Onur

Read a synopsis here! Number of pages: 322 The Ivy was actually a good book! It wasn't great, but I was pleasantly surprised with how well the story line was written and carried out. The Ivy starts out with Callie Andrews on her first day at Harvard, and she begins to get to know her roommates, and the extremely attractive boys living just across the hall. Of course Callie continuously falls and has a few social blunders in the following weeks, and she feels as if everyone will know her as the klutz from California. This I found a...

Painted Blind by Michelle A. Hansen

Read a synopsis here! Number of pages: 331 I was thoroughly disappointed by this book. So much that I couldn't even finish it. According to my Kindle, I got about 35% through before I said enough is enough. Even though this is young adult fiction, I found it too unbelievable...or relatable. I thought the characters fell in love too quickly, there wasn't much of a set up for a back story (I would have loved to hear more about Eric and his mother's strained relationship and more about Psyche's life). The story was set up so quickly...

Confessions of a Teenage Hermaphrodite by Lianne Simon

Read a synopsis here! Number of pages: 232 Release Date: September 18, 2012 I've never read such a deep emotional book like this one. Especially in the YA genre. I've read more serious books for school that were nonfiction, but this fictional story about real life events deeply moved me in a way that few other YA books have ever before. Confessinos of a Teenage Hermaphrodite is the story of a boy/girl who is trying to come to terms with what sex they want to live with for the rest of their life. Jamie, wants to live as a girl, but...

August Book Haul

Here's what I got last month! Over You by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus (Won this in a contest) Scary School by Derek the Ghost (Sent to me by the author) Confessions of a Teenage Hermaphrodite by Lianne Simon (Sent to me by the author) Painted Blind by Michelle Hansen (Received through NetGalley) Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (Received through Paperbackswap.com) That's all for this month! See you soon! Pai...