Genre: Children's Books - Middle Grade Dre has waited twelve summers to become a man, but during his ceremony the chief banishes his uncle, and even Dre himself. Thrust into the desert, he struggles to protect himself and his mother from his drug-addicted uncle—and certain death in the barren land. With only a golden eagle to guide him, Dre struggles to find a source of food and water for his mother. Abuse from his uncle and trouble with a neighboring clan could destroy his chance for … [Read more...]
Prince of Malorn by Annie Douglass Lima
One major obstacle stands between seventeen-year-old Prince Korram and the throne that is his birthright: Regent Rampus. Temporary ruler of Malorn, Rampus has no intention of giving up his position when the crown prince comes of age – or of allowing the prince to live long enough to reach that age. Desperate to build an army of his own to stand against the regent, Korram treks into the Impassable Mountains to try to recruit the one segment of Malornian society not under Rampus’s control. … [Read more...]
