Books by A.S. King
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review 1: With its opening of a teen’s death and Vera’s loss and betrayal mentioned, I had some initial qualms about how much angst I was getting myself into. Mercifully, my fears went unfounded and I encountered a well-made main character in Vera, someone with real life history and chall...
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review 1: 'Please Ignore Vera Dietz' is an emotional, sometimes disturbing story about tragedy, adolesence, and unconventional love. A main theme in the book is the idea of destiny. Throughout her life the main character, Vera tries to avoid her destiny, in order to not turn out like her...
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review 1: I don't read much YA of this type nor do I have teenagers. I was taken about by the amount of frank language and themes (sex, drugs, bullying), but I also know that is a reality for many teens and having books addressing real issues is good. Wrapped up in all of that is a girl de...
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review 1: "Ask the Passengers" is a unique story that I have never encountered before. Not only does it tell the story of a teenage girl in a small town and all of the possible problems that can arise from that, but it also dives into the thoughts and life of a teenage girl questioning her...
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review 1: In the book "Everybody sees the Ants", Lucky Linderman is having problems at school and it doesn't get any better at home either. Lucky doesn't have the best relationship with his father and always wonders why his mother married him. A few weeks later after the bully, Nader McMil...
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review 1: In this novel, the main character's family decides to hire the Nanny to help with some family problems. The only problem is that his life, along with his every inappropriate behavior, gets televised on cable TV. His older sister, who has serious mental health issues, takes advan...
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review 1: Emer was a fierce, bloodthirsty teenaged pirate queen in the 1600's until she was cursed to live and remember the lives of 100 dogs. Finally, she is human again and she plots to reclaim the treasures she buried on Tortuga. The book has the annoying storytelling cadence used in ...
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review 1: A. S. King can write like no other YA author. This novel has a compulsively readable plot, an identifiable heroine, and a magic dead bat god, yet it also manages to be the most feminist YA book I have ever read. That's a good thing. I hope every 14-year-old girl reads this book. ...
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review 1: I don't know how A.S. King does it. She has creativity up the wazoo! Each short story is so unlike the last one. I don't typically enjoy stories involving negativity, but each character (even negative ones) are brought to life so vividly, I'm surprised they don't jump off the ...