Feature: Portals: YA Adventures in Other Words and Worlds

Portals offers a look at today’s Young Adult market, from fantasy to suspense and many points between. If you’re looking for something for your 9 to 12 year old, or for that avid reader who has refused to outgrow those magical and exciting stories, you’ll find it reviewed here at Portals.

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Mel Odom

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• Book Review: Barnaby Grimes: Curse of the Night Wolf by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell

  Tick-Tock lad Barnaby Grimes leads a dangerous life flitting across the city rooftops delivering messages.

  Review by Mel Odom — on Oct 19, 2010

• Comic Book Review: John Carter of Mars #1 by Arvad Nelson and Stephen Sadowski

  John Carter and Tars Tarkas are revealed in their early days before they forged an unforgettable friendship.

  Review by Mel Odom — on Oct 16, 2010

• Graphic Novel Review: Mercy Thompson: Homecoming by Patricia Briggs, David Lawrence, and Francis Tsai

  Mercy Thompson is a skinwalker, a were-coyote, and her relocation is seen as an invasion by local werewolves.

  Review by Mel Odom — on Oct 15, 2010

• Graphic Novel Review: The Unknown by Mark Waid and Minck Oosterveer

  Catherine Allingham, private detective, is set to solve the greatest mystery of all: the afterlife.

  Review by Mel Odom — on Oct 15, 2010

• Book Review: Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

  Nailer risks his life every day hoping for a "Lucky Strike," a salvage that will give him a future.

  Review by Mel Odom — on Oct 10, 2010

• Comic Review: Flash #4 by Geoff Johns and Francis Manapul

  Geoff Johns provides one blazing fast read as the Flash squares off against Captain Boomerang and the Futuristic Rogues.

  Review by Mel Odom — on Aug 05, 2010

• Comic Review: Flash #3 by Geoff Johns and Francis Manapul

  If the Flash didn't have trouble enough with the futuristic Rogues, now Captain Boomerang has manifested black lantern powers.

  Review by Mel Odom — on Aug 04, 2010

• Comic Review: Green Arrow #2 by J. T. Krul and Diogenes Neves

  Green Arrow and Green Lantern end up in the crosshairs of Queen Industries.

  Review by Mel Odom — on Aug 01, 2010

• Book Review: Project 17 by Laurie Faria Stolarz

  When six teens agree to spend the night in an abandoned mental hospital, they change their lives forever.

  Review by Mel Odom — on Aug 01, 2010

• Graphic Novel Review: The Talisman: Book One: The Road of Trials by Stephen King, Peter Straub, Robin Furth, and Tony Shasteen

  Travellin Jack Sawyer is in a race against evil to save his mom in the Territories, an alternate world.

  Review by Mel Odom — on Jul 29, 2010

• Book Review: Nathaniel Fludd, Beastologist: Flight of the Phoenix by R. L. LaFevers and Kelly Murphy

  Nate never knew what a beastologist was...until he found out he was one.

  Review by Mel Odom — on Jul 08, 2010

• Book Review: Alex Van Helsing: Vampire Rising by Jason Henderson

  Alex Van Helsing fights vampires with James Bond tech in this first novel of a new series for YA readers.

  Review by Mel Odom — on Jun 28, 2010

• Comic Book Review: Green Arrow #1 by J. T. Krul and Diogenes Neves

  Green Arrow carries on his battles against evil as an outlaw archer in Star Wood Forest.

  Review by Mel Odom — on Jun 26, 2010

• Comic Review: Green Arrow #31 by J. T. Krul and Federico Dallocchio

  Green Arrow is on the outlaw path and not even Green Lantern, Flash, and Black Canary can stop him.

  Review by Mel Odom — on Apr 24, 2010

• Comic Review: Brave and the Bold #33 by J. Michael Straczynski and Cliff Chiang

  J. Michael Straczynski delivers an emotional wallop in his latest Brave and the Bold issue.

  Review by Mel Odom — on Apr 24, 2010

• Book Review: The Midnight Curse by L. M. Falcone

  Lacey's brother Charlie inherits a family curse instead of a fortune in this comical suspense read.

  Review by Mel Odom — on Apr 18, 2010

• Comic Review: Brightest Day #0 by Geoff Johns, Peter J. Tomasi, and Fernando Pasarin

  Brightest Day shows the re-emergence of 12 heroes and villains from the dead. The world will change forever.

  Review by Mel Odom — on Apr 17, 2010

• Book Review: Conspiracy 365: February by Gabrielle Lord

  Cal Ormond is still running for his life, and his mysterious new partner only adds more uncertainty.

  Review by Mel Odom — on Apr 16, 2010

• Comic Book Review: The Flash #1 by Geoff Johns and Francis Manapul

  Barry Allen is back as the Scarlet Speedster and crime has to go on the run.

  Review by Mel Odom — on Apr 15, 2010

• Comic Review: Fantastic Four 577 by Jonathan Hickman, Dale Eaglesham, and Paul Mounts

  The Fantastic Four heads to the moon to investigate an interstellar landing that will change the world.

  Review by Mel Odom — on Apr 03, 2010