The Storyteller Squad

A Young Adult and Middle Grade Book Review

First let me recommend a light, funny young adult book called Freaky in Fresno by Laurie Boyle Compton. In Freaky in Fresno two female cousins switch bodies.  You’ve probably seen the movie Freaky Friday. In...

Truth for when the demons invade

I’m a big believer in memorizing scripture. The God-breathed messages come in handy when demons invade. Which they do. Daily. After all, Satan’s full-time job is to invade our lives and make us believe his...

Good bones make Great Stories

Good stories have the same skeletons. The most important bones are the same: a central character, an incident that kicks the story into gear, lots of conflict and complications, help and solutions, and a...

4 Contemporary YA novels to read

Jesus told us in John 16:33 that in this world, we would have trouble, but to take heart! He has overcome the world. Contemporary fiction allows us the opportunities to live through other people’s troubles and...

Welcome to The Hadley Academy for the Improbably Gifted

I did not want to stop reading The Hadley Academy for the Improbably Gifted by Conor Grennan. As I was reading, there were so many moments of, “That’s so awesome!” and, “Wait. What?!” and, “I can’t believe it...