| Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius" |
I started TeensReadToo.com in March 2006, and we've quickly become the place to go for all things related to young adult and teen fiction & non-fiction. Making the website the best it can be is pretty much my full-time job (as opposed to my part-time job, working third-shift at a hotel three days a week), but when I'm not working on the site, reading books, reviewing books, mailing books, or looking at books in some way, then I'm doing "mom" stuff. I have two kids, a son with Asperger's Syndrome who is <gulp> thirteen and in advanced classes in 7th grade, and a daughter who is <gulp again> nearly nine and in 3rd grade. I'm on several PTO committees at my daughter's elementary school (including organizing the annual Family Reading Night for 600+ students and their families), and I spend lots of time each week ferreting them around to Girl Scouts, band practice (my son plays the tuba), and various other extracurricular activities. In between those times, I sometimes pay attention to my husband, who works many, many hours each week as a tremendously talented goldsmith and jeweler. Oh, and we also have a beautiful Calico cat, Callie Lou, who is a three-year-old and a delightful (most of the time) pain in the butt.
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| Reviews by Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius": 7 DAYS AT THE HOT CORNER by Terry Trueman 101 THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU'RE OLD AND BORING by Richard Horne & Helen Szirtes 101 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW...AND SOME YOU DON'T! by Richard Horne & Tracey Turner ADIOS TO MY OLD LIFE by Caridad Ferrer ALL HALLOWS' EVE by Vivian Vande Velde ALL Q, NO A by Lauren Mechling & Laura Moser ALL WE KNOW OF HEAVEN by Jacquelyn Mitchard ALLURE by Linda Wells ALPHABETTER by Dan Bar-El & Graham Ross AM I BLUE? edited by Marion Dane Bauer AMAZING PEACE by Maya Angelou AMERICA: THE MAKING OF A NATION by Charlie Samuels AN ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES by John Green ANA'S STORY by Jenna Bush APPETITE FOR DETENTION by Sloane Tanen THE ARCTIC INCIDENT by Eoin Colfer ARK ANGEL by Anthony Horowitz ARTEMIS FOWL by Eoin Colfer AVALON HIGH by Meg Cabot BABYMOUSE: PUPPY LOVE by Jennifer L. & Matthew Holm BACKSTAGE PASS by Mary Wilcox THE BAD BEGINNING by Lemony Snicket A BAD BOY CAN BE GOOD FOR A GIRL by Tanya Lee Stone THE BEATRICE LETTERS by Lemony Snicket BETWEEN MOM AND JO by Julie Anne Peters BEYOND BASKETBALL by Mike Krzyzewski BEYOND THE SHADOWS OF SUMMER by Jonathan Zemsky BIG AND BAD by Etienne Delessert THE BIG BOOK OF BOY STUFF by Bart King THE BIG BOOK OF GIRL STUFF by Bart King BISCUIT'S PET & PLAY CHRISTMAS by Alyssa Satin Capucilli BITTERSWEET SIXTEEN by Carrie Karasyov & Jill Kargman BLIND FAITH by Ellen Wittlinger BODY BAGS by Christopher Golden BODY, BEAUTY, BOYS by Sarah Bragg BODY DRAMA by Nancy Amanda Redd THE BODY FINDER by Kimberly Derting THE BODY OF CHRISTOPHER CREED by Carol Plum-Ucci THE BOOK OF TIME OUTS by Deb Lucke BOUNCING BUNNIES by Emma Books, Ltd. BOW-WOW ATTRACTS OPPOSITES by Mark Newgarden & Megan Montague BOW-WOW HEARS THINGS by Mark Newgarden & Megan Montague THE BOY BOOK by E. Lockhart THE BOYFRIEND LIST by E. Lockhart THE BOYS' BOOK by Dominique Enright & Guy Macdonald BOYS THAT BITE by Mari Mancusi BRACED2BITE by Serena Robar BRAS & BROOMSTICKS by Sarah Mlynowski BREAK THE SURFACE by Daniel Parker & Lee Miller BREATHING UNDERWATER by Alex Flinn BUTT UGLY by Lynn Montgomery CAPTAIN BOB SETS SAIL by Roni Schotter CAPTAIN BOB TAKES FLIGHT by Roni Schotter CARL THE CHRISTMAS CARP by Ian & Vladyana Krykorka CATCH by Will Leitch CHASING THE FALCONERS by Gordon Korman CHASING VERMEER by Blue Balliett CHILL by Deborah Reber CHRISTMAS USA by Mary D. Lankford THE CHRISTOPHER KILLER by Alane Ferguson CIRCUS OF THE DARNED by Katie Maxwell CLICK! by Annabel Monaghan & Elisabeth Wolfe CLUB MEDS by Katherine Hall Page THE COLLEGE HOOK by Pam Proctor CORBIN BLEU: UP CLOSE by Dee Scott COWGIRL KATE AND COCOA: RAIN OR SHINE by Erica Silverman COWGIRL KATE AND COCOA: SCHOOL DAYS by Erica Silverman CRITTER SITTER by Chuck Richards CRUISE CONTROL by Terry Trueman CRYSTAL DOORS by Rebecca Moesta & Kevin J. Anderson THE CURIOUS BOY'S BOOK OF ADVENTURE by Sam Martin THE CURIOUS CHILD by Donni Floyd CURIOUS YOU: ON YOUR WAY! by H. A. Rey DAD, ARE YOU THE TOOTH FAIRY? by Jason Alexander DEAD GIRLS DON'T WRITE LETTERS by Gail Giles DEAD HIGH YEARBOOK by Various Authors DEAD ON TOWN LINE by Leslie Connor DEADLY INVADERS by Denise Grady DEAR ZOE by Philip Beard DEGRASSI GENERATIONS: THE OFFICIAL 411 by Kathryn Ellis DEMON IN MY VIEW by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes DESERT BLOOD 10PM/9C by Ronald Cree DINOMUMMY by Dr. Phillip Lars Manning, Foreword by Tyler Lyson DINOSAURS by Dr. Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. DO-OVER by Christine Hurley Deriso DO WHAT YOU ARE by Paul D. Tieger & Barbara Barron DOGFESSIONS by Nikki Moustaki DOING IT RIGHT by Bronwen Pardes DORA'S "I LOVE YOU" BOOK by Lara Bergen DOUBLE IDENTITY by Margaret Peterson Haddix DREAD LOCKS by Neal Shusterman DREAM BEDROOM by Rebecca Craig DUCK & GOOSE by Tad Hills DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE by Tad Hills EASY by Kerry Cohen Hoffmann ECHO by Kate Morgenroth EIGHT LITTLE PONIES by Namrata Tripathi ELSEWHERE by Gabrielle Zevin ENCYCLOPEDIA HORRIFICA by Joshua Gee THE ETERNITY CODE by Eoin Colfer EVERY MINUTE ON EARTH by Steve & Matthew Murrie EVERY YEAR ON YOUR BIRTHDAY by Rose Lewis EVERYDAY CAT EXCUSES by Molly Brandenburg EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE WORLD BY SIMON ELIOT THE EXORSISTAH by Claudia Mair Burney FABLEHAVEN by Brandon Mull FAKE ID by Walter Sorrells THE FAMILY BOOK by Todd Parr THE FAMILY BOOK by Scholastic Inc. THE FAN'S GUIDE TO THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES by Lois H. Gresh FANCY NANCY'S FAVORITE FANCY WORDS by Jane O'Connor FAT CAMP by Deborah Blumenthal FIRE FISH by Davy Liu FIREGIRL by Tony Abbott FIRESTORM by David Klass FIRST KIDS by Noah McCullough FLASHCARDS OF MY LIFE by Charise Mericle Harper FLY ON THE WALL by E. Lockhart FLYTE by Angie Sage THE FOREST KING: WOODLARK'S SHADOW by Dan Mishkin THE FORETELLING by Alice Hoffman FOUND by Davy Rothbart FRENCH KISS by Sarra Manning A FRIEND AT MIDNIGHT by Caroline B. Cooney FRINGE GIRL by Valerie Frankel FROGS & FRENCH KISSES by Sarah Mlynowski FROM BINGE TO BLACKOUT by Chris & Toren Volkmann THE FUGITIVE FACTOR by Gordon Korman THE FULL SPECTRUM edited by David Levithan & Billy Merrell GENESIS ALPHA by Rune Michaels GEOGRAPHY CLUB by Brent Hartinger THE GEOGRAPHY OF GIRLHOOD by Kirsten Smith GHOST FILES by The Ghost Society THE GINGERBREAD KINGDOM by Gary McKenzie GIRL IN DEVELOPMENT by Jordan Roter THE GIRLS by Lori Lansens GIVE A BOY A GUN by Todd Strasser GIVE UP THE GHOST by Megan Crewe GODLESS by Pete Hautman GODSPEED, JOHN GLENN by Richard Hilliard GOOD GIRLS by Laura Ruby GORGEOUS GIFTS by Rebecca Craig GOT FANGS? by Katie Maxwell GRAND & HUMBLE by Brent Hartinger THE GREAT BRAIN ROBBERY by Tom Scott & Trevor Grice GRIEF GIRL by Erin Vincent GRL2GRL by Julie Anne Peters THE GUYS OF TWILIGHT by Michael-Anne Johns HANA'S SUITCASE ON STAGE: Original Story by Karen Levine, Play by Emil Sher THE HAND OF THE DEVIL by Dean Vincent Carter THE HANDBOOK OF PIRATES by Terry Deary HEIR TO FIRE: GILA FLATS by Rob Worley HENRY V: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL by William Shakespeare & Classical Comics HIDDEN WORLD OF THE AZTEC by Peter Lourie HIGH SCHOOL BITES by Liza Conrad HIT THE ROAD by Caroline B. Cooney HOW TO BE POPULAR by Meg Cabot HOW TO SAY IT TO GET INTO THE COLLEGE OF YOUR CHOICE by Linda Metcalf HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS by Alec Greven HURRICANE by Terry Trueman HURRICANE FORCE by Joseph B. Treaster HURT GO HAPPY by Ginny Rorby THE HYPOCHONDRIAC'S POCKET GUIDE TO HORRIBLE DISEASES YOU PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE by Dennis DiClaudio I ALREADY KNOW I LOVE YOU by Billy Crystal I LIKE YOU by Amy Sedaris THE I LOVE YOU BOOK by Todd Parr I LOVE YOU LIKE CRAZY CAKES by Rose Lewis I'D TELL YOU I LOVE YOU, BUT THEN I'D HAVE TO KILL YOU by Ally Carter IN THEIR SHOES by Deborah Reber INCREDIBLE WOMEN INVENTORS by Sandra Braun INSIDE OUT by Nadia Shivack INSIDE OUT by Terry Trueman IT'S A MONEY THING! by The Women's Foundation of California IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY by Ned Vizzini IT'S OKAY TO BE DIFFERENT by Todd Parr ITHAKA by Adele Geras JANUARY by Daniel Parker THE JANUS GATE by Douglas Rees JEREMY FINK AND THE MEANING OF LIFE by Wendy Mass JONAS BROTHERS: INSIDE THEIR WORLD by Brittany Kent JOURNEYS FOR FREEDOM by Susan Buckley & Elspeth Leacock JOUSTING WITH JESTERS by Martin Springett JUMPING THE SCRATCH by Sarah Weeks JUNE CALLWOOD: A LIFE OF ACTION by Anne Dublin JUST A SNOWY DAY by Mercer Mayer JUST IN CASE by Meg Rosoff JUST LISTEN by Sarah Dessen KEEPING YOU A SECRET by Julie Anne Peters THE KIDS AT LATIMAR HIGH by Deborah J. Copeland KIDS MAKE HISTORY by Susan Buckley & Elspeth Leacock KING DORK by Frank Portman THE KINGDOM KEEPERS by Ridley Pearson LAND YOUR DREAM JOB by John Middleton, Ken Langdon, & Nikki Cartwright LAUGH-ETERIA by Douglas Florian LETTERS TO A YOUNG PUG by Wilson the Pug with Nancy Levine LIFE AS WE KNEW IT by Susan Beth Pfeffer LIFE LISTS FOR TEENS by Pamela Espeland LILLY TAKES THE LEAD by Brenda Bellingham LITTLE BIT & BIG BYTE: A DAY AT THE BEACH by Craig T. Feigh LIVING DEAD GIRL by Elizabeth Scott LOOKING FOR ALASKA by John Green THE LOOKING GLASS WARS by Frank Beddor LOVE, SPLAT by Rob Scotton LOVING WILL SHAKESPEARE by Carolyn Meyer LUCKY MONKEY, UNLUCKY MONKEY by James Kaczman LUNA by Julie Anne Peters MAGYK by Angie Sage MAJOR CRUSH by Jennifer Echols MAMA, WHERE ARE YOU? by Diane Muldrow MARIE, DANCING by Carolyn Meyer MARLEY: A DOG LIKE NO OTHER by John Grogan MARTY BOGGS & THE CURSE OF KUTKARA'S TOMB by M. T. Acquaire MATH DICTIONARY by Eula Ewing Monroe MATTERS OF THE HEART by Corin Wiser MEETS THE EYE by Christopher Golden MEMOIRS OF A TEENAGE AMNESIAC by Gabrielle Zevin A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS by Mary Engelbreit MERRY UN-CHRISTMAS by Mike Reiss MIDDLE SCHOOL IS WORSE THAN MEATLOAF by Jennifer L. Holm MILEY CYRUS: THIS IS HER LIFE by Brittany Kent MO AND JO: FIGHTING TOGETHER FOREVER by Dean Haspiel & Jay Lynch MY ALMOST EPIC SUMMER by Adele Griffin MY FEET AREN'T UGLY by Debra Beck MY MOM LOVES ME MORE THAN SUSHI by Filomena Gomes NICK & NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan THE NINE LIVES OF DUDLEY DOG by John & Ann Hassett NO MATTER WHAT by Debi Gliori NO RIGHT TURN by Terry Trueman NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH (AND A FEW WHITE LIES) by Justina Chen Headley OCEAN REALM by Rebecca Moesta & Kevin J. Anderson OF SOUND MIND by Jean Ferris ON LOCATION by Mary Wilcox ON THE HEAD OF A PIN by Mary Beth Miller PARROTFISH by Ellen Wittlinger PEEKABOO, BLUEBERRY! by Barney Saltzberg THE PERIODIC TABLE: ELEMENTS WITH STYLE! by Basher & Adrian Dingle PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson PHYSIK by Angie Sage PICK ME UP by Jeremy Leslie & David Roberts PIRATES: MOST WANTED by John Matthews PLAN B by Jenny O'Connell PLASTIC FANTASTIC by Simon Cheshire POLICE LAB by David Owen PREY by Lurlene McDaniel PRINCESS ALYSS OF WONDERLAND by Frank Beddor PRINCESS BABY by Karen Katz PROBUDITI! by Chris Van Allsburg PROFESSORS' GUIDE TO GETTING GOOD GRADES IN COLLEGE by Lynn F. Jacobs & Jeremy S. Hyman PROM NIGHTS FROM HELL by Meg Cabot, Kim Harrison, Michele Jaffe, Stephenie Meyer, & Lauren Myracle PROWLERS by Christopher Golden PUCKER by Melanie Gideon THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS by Tara Altebrando PYRAMIDS AND MUMMIES by Anne Bolton THE QUEEN OF SECOND PLACE by Laura Peyton Roberts THE RABBIT AND THE SNOWMAN by Sally O. Lee RACE by Marc Aronson RADIANT by Chandra Peele RAISIN AND GRAPE by Tom Amico & James Proimos THE RAUCOUS ROYALS by Carlyn Beccia READY OR NOT by Meg Cabot READY OR NOT? by Tina Radziszewicz REMEMBERING RAQUEL by Vivian Vande Velde THE REPTILE ROOM by Lemony Snicket REVENGE OF THE HOMECOMING QUEEN by Stephanie Hale RIGHT BEHIND YOU by Gail Giles ROCK MY WORLD by Liza Conrad THE ROAD TO OZ by Kathleen Krull RULES by Cynthia Lord RULES ARE RULES by Julie Scandora S.E.X. by Heather Corinna A SACK FULL OF FEATHERS by Debby Waldman & Cindy Revell THE SACRED FLIGHT OF THE TEENAGER by Susan Smith Kuczmarski SAINT IGGY by K.L. Going THE SALEM WITCH TRYOUTS by Kelly McClymer SAVING ZOE by Alyson Noel SCHOLASTIC BOOK OF LISTS 2 by James Buckley, Jr. & Robert Stremme SCHOLASTIC BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS 2007 by Jenifer Corr Morse SCHOLASTIC BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS 2008 by Jenifer Corr Morse SCHOOL SHOOTER by Mark Frye SCHOOL'S OUT--FOREVER by James Patterson THE SECRET LIFE OF IT GIRLS by Dakota Lane SECRET OF THE DANCE by Andrea Spalding & Alfred Scow SECRET SOCIETY GIRL by Diana Peterfreund SECRET VAMPIRE by L.J. Smith SECRETS OF MY HOLLYWOOD LIFE by Jen Calonita THE SHADOW CLUB by Neal Shusterman SHOCK POINT by April Henry SHUG by Jenny Han SILENT NIGHT by Josef Mohr SINS OF THE FATHERS by Chris Lynch SISTERS IN SANITY by Gayle Forman SLEEPER CODE by Tom Sniegoski THE SMART PRINCESS AND OTHER DEAF TALES: A Project of the Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf SMITTEN by David Gordon THE SOCCER MOM FROM OUTER SPACE by Barney Saltzberg SOMEDAY YOU'LL THANK ME FOR THIS! by Marc Gellman SOUL SURVIVOR by Christopher Golden SOULLESS by Christopher Golden SPEAK EASY by Barry Gibbons SPEED SHOW by David Caldwell SPEEDING BULLET by Neal Shusterman SPIRITING AROUND by Martin "Mark" Tomback STAR VON BUNNY by Kym Canter STARGIRL by Jerry Spinelli STINKY by Eleanor Davis STORMBREAKER by Anthony Horowitz STUCK IN NEUTRAL by Terry Trueman SUPER MOVE, MORGAN by Ted Staunton SWEET SIXTEEN PRINCESS by Meg Cabot TEEN PEOPLE OF THE BIBLE by Daniel Darling TERA'S DAWN by Susan K. Schank THAT CRAZY BARB'RA by Milton Schafer THAT GIRL LUCY MOON by Amy Timberlake THEODORA TWIST by Melissa Senate THIEF OF HEARTS by Christopher Golden THIRTEEN REASONS WHY by Jay Asher TIME FOR SCHOOL, MOUSE! by Laura Numeroff THE TOONIES INVADE SILICON VALLEY by Betty Dravis TROPICAL KISS by Jan Coffey THE TRUTH ABOUT FOREVER by Sarah Dessen UNEXPLAINED by Judy Allen UNICORN RACES by Stephen J. Brooks VAMPIRE KISSES by Ellen Schreiber VAMPIRES AND OTHER MONSTROUS CREATURES by Julius Pemberton-Smythe VIRUS ON ORBIS 1 by PJ Haarsma THE VOSARAK CODE by Dan Jolley VOTE! by Eileen Christelow WALKING ON GLASS by Alma Fullerton WARRIORS by James Harpur WE BELONG TOGETHER by Todd Parr WELL DONE, WORM! by Kathy Cable THE WHALE SCIENTISTS by Fran Hodgkins WHAT HAPPENED TO CASS MCBRIDE? by Gail Giles WHAT'S UP, DUCK? by Tad Hills WHEN RUBY TRIED TO GROW CANDY by Valorie Fisher WHO'S YOUR DADDY? by Lynda Sandoval THE WIDE WINDOW by Lemony Snicket WOMEN ASTRONOMERS: REACHING FOR THE STARS by Mabel Armstrong WOUNDED by Stephen Cole WRITE ON! by Miss O & Friends WRITING MAGIC by Gail Carson Levine YOGA FOR TEENS by Mary Kaye Chryssicas YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEARN EVERYTHING THE HARD WAY by Aunt Laya Saul YOUNG MACDONALD by David Milgrim ZAPT! VOLUME 1 by Shannon Denton & Keith Giffen ZOMBIE MONKEY MONSTER JAMBOREE by J.J. Hart |
