If you liked UNWIND, FULL TILT or many other books by Neal Shusterman, you will probably like BRUISER.  When Tennyson finds out his sister is dating, Brewster, AKA Bruiser, he shows his brotherly concern. He stalks him, and sees a side of Bruiser that others don’t know about.  He has bruises, scars and welts all over [...]

That is an annoying phrase repeated, in Rick Yancey’s THE MONSTRUMOLOGIST, which conveys the impatience of Dr. Warthrop. After young Will Henry hears that all the time, one would think he would not want to serve the doctor any longer. Yet he has a devotion to the heartless man, who only loves one thing. . . monsters.  [...]

Well, I personally don’t think so, but this is how David Greenberg sums up his experience with middle school in the book, HOW TO SURVIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL by Donna Gephart. David lives with his dad, older sister and Hammy (his hamster).  He has a best friend, Elliott, that back stabs him, a new friend (girl), [...]