As a digital subscriber, you’ll receive unlimited access to Horn Book web exclusives and extensive archives, as well as access to our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database.
To access other site content, visit The Horn Book homepage.
To continue you need an active subscription to hbook.com.
Subscribe now to gain immediate access to everything hbook.com has to offer, as well as our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database, which contains tens of thousands of short, critical reviews of books published in the United States for young people.
Thank you for registering. To have the latest stories delivered to your inbox, select as many free newsletters as you like below.
No thanks. Return to article
297 pp.
| Scholastic
| April, 2014
|
TradeISBN 978-0-545-55137-3$17.99
|
EbookISBN 978-0-545-55139-7
(4)
4-6
Hannah Silver's family are Guardians, tasked with protecting a hidden door in their lighthouse that connects our world to the city of the dead. When a banished soul kills her mother, Hannah travels through the door to rescue her. The intriguing premise and fluid prose are compelling but undermined by some unexplained dynamics of the city and an anticlimactic ending.
310 pp.
| Holt
| November, 2013
|
TradeISBN 978-0-8050-9630-9$17.99
(3)
YA
Everyone believed their airship was uncrashable, but no one counted on it being hijacked. In 1912, when Hollis discovers a nefarious plot to steal the family airship company, Dakota Aeronautics, he must save his mother and the rest of the passengers. This alternative history will appeal to fans of Kenneth Oppel's Airborn as well as those interested in the Titanic.
233 pp.
| Holt
| November, 2011
|
TradeISBN 978-0-8050-9293-6$16.99
(4)
YA
Unison is the virtual social networking group that rules the world. The newest upgrade is due soon, and Mistletoe and Ambrose, two teens from vastly different economic backgrounds, suspect it will have devastating consequences for users. The story can be convoluted and confusing, but conspiracy theory fans will enjoy it.