LadyJay

After teaching high school English for the past seven years, I have finally been able to fulfill my dream of becoming a library/media specialist.  
I am a voracious YA reader, and love all types of YA literature.  I am constantly on the search for the next great YA novel.

When not reading, I love to sing, attend concerts, listen to 80’s hair metal, and talk to students about what they are currently reading.

If you know of a novel that I should read, make sure to shoot me an email!  I will take all the suggestions I can get!


You can contact me at
ladyjay@teensreadtoo.com.
Reviews by LadyJay:

THE AFTER HOURS adapted by Mark Kneece
ALLIGATOR BAYOU by Donna Jo Napoli
AMIRI & ODETTE: A LOVE STORY by Walter Dean Myers
ANYTHING BUT TYPICAL by Nora Raleigh Baskin


BAD BLOOD by Mari Mancusi
THE BIG CRUNCH by Pete Hautman
BITE ME! by Melissa Francis
BRAIN JACK by Brian Falkner
A BRIEF HISTORY OF MONTMARAY by Michelle Cooper
BURN by Suzanne Phillips
BURNED by P.C. & Kristin Cast


CASTRATION CELEBRATION by Jake Wizner


DOPE SICK by Walter Dean Myers


EMBER FURY by Cathy Brett
EPISODES by Blaze Ginsberg
ETERNAL by Cynthia Leitich Smith


FEVER CRUMB by Philip Reeve
THE FOOL'S GIRL by Celia Rees
THE FRENZY by Francesca Lia Block


HANNAH by Kathryn Lasky
THE HEARTS OF HORSES by Molly Gloss
HUNGER by Jackie Morse Kessler
HUNTED by P.C. & Kristin Cast


I AM APACHE by Tanya Landman
I NEED YOU MORE THAN I LOVE YOU AND I LOVE YOU TO BITS by Gunnar Ardelius
IT'S NOT YOU, IT'S ME by Kerry Cohen Hoffmann


THE KEENING by A. LaFaye


LAMENT by Maggie Stiefvater
LEGACY by Thomas E. Sniegoski


MACBETH: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL by William Shakespeare & Classical Comics
MATHILDA SAVITCH by Victor Lodato
THE MONSTERS ARE DUE ON MAPLE STREET adapted by Mark Kneece
THE MONSTRUMOLOGIST by Rick Yancey
MURDER AT MIDNIGHT by Avi
MY ABANDONMENT by Peter Rock


THE ODYSSEY by Gareth Hinds
THE ODYSSEY OF FLIGHT 33 adapted by Mark Kneece
OF BEES AND MIST by Erick Setiawan


PAUL OF DUNE by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson
PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
THE PORCUPINE YEAR by Louise Erdrich
POST GRAD by Emily Cassel
PRETTY DEAD by Francesca Lia Block


REVOLUTION by Jennifer Donnelly


SHADOW OF THE DRAGON by Sherry Garland
SISTER WIFE by Shelley Hrdlitschka


TAMAR by Mal Peet
TEMPESTUOUS by Lesley Livingston
TEMPO CHANGE by Barbara Hall
TEMPTED by P.C. & Kristin Cast
TENDER MORSELS by Margo Lanagan
TIME YOU LET ME IN selected by Naomi Shihab Nye
TORN by Amber Lehman


UNTAMED by P.C. & Kristin Cast


VAMPIRE HIGH: SOPHOMORE YEAR by Douglas Rees


WALKING DISTANCE adapted by Mark Kneece
THE WATERS & THE WILD by Francesca Lia Block
WHAT WORLD IS LEFT by Monique Polak
WINTER LONGING by Tricia Mills
WISH by Alexandra Bullen