Youth – What We’re Reading

Workhouse girl Scilla Brown wants only one thing: a peach. Orphaned, with no prospects and family, she longs for the taste of the sweet fruit. When she climbs the Earl of Havermore’s garden wall to steal one, she’s caught but mistaken for a boy. Seizing the chance to avoid further trouble, Scilla keeps up the […]

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More Wicked read-a-likes for younger readers who are fans of the movie
(or musical)!

Aspiring poet Penny Hope is riddled with anxiety and longs to escape the grip the Fear Maker has over her. Ever since she first encountered this monster on Halloween at age seven, his red-eyes and towering figure have haunted her nightmares. Despite her grandmother’s encouragement to turn her nightmares into poetry, the horrors are no […]

Another eerie day begins at the School of Screams, and Ms. Nomed wants her class to share their most horrifying stories. From a village that vanishes into thin air with only one mysterious survivor left behind to a space crew trapped in a loop of madness, each tale is as chilling as the last. Ms. […]