This post features YA Authors as guests sharing their thoughts on books they have loved. It was inspired by YA Reads.
THE MIDNIGHT TUNNEL by Angie Frazier
Stephanie's thoughts:
When Sabrina first asked me to review a historical novel I love, the first book I thought of was Angie Frazier’s Everlasting
Suzanna (Zanna) Snow is the eleven-year-old daughter of a pair of hotel owners in sleepy 1904 New Brunswick. Her mother is a perfect lady (albeit of a lower class than we often read about in historical novels), and her parents hope for her to follow in their footsteps. Zanna has other aspirations, though: her uncle Bruce is a famous detective in the big city of Boston, and Zanna is determined to follow in his footsteps. When one of the guests disappears from the hotel, her uncle Bruce is called in to investigate…but it’s Zanna, of course, who cracks the case.
I loved Zanna as a heroine so, so much. She’s smart, thoughtful, and driven in her need to prove herself as a detective worthy of her uncle’s respect. But she’s also a perfectly believable eleven-year-old, as she gets distracted dreaming through her theories about the case and ends up forgetting the chores she’s promised to do and burning the meals she’s cooking for the guests. She might have the potential to be a great detective in the future, but she’s seen by the hotel staff as a bit of a disaster, unable to focus properly on what’s “really” important in life.
And the surrounding cast of characters is fabulous, from her famous uncle - who turns out to be more than a bit of a jerk - to her parents, who love her even though they don’t support her dreams…to her friends, female and male…including a couple of very appealing guys who might well develop into love interests later in life.
The Midnight Tunnel
I’m really looking forward to reading Zanna’s next adventure next year, as well as the YA fantasy sequel to Everlasting
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Great review and post! Loved learning about Midnight Tunnel. I am also so excited to read Kat Incorrigible. I got a feeling it will be a perfect middle school read and one I will be considering for the next Book Battle at my school.
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