Christopher Cyr

3 weeks ago | kirkusreviews.com | Ali FitzGerald |Ali Fitzgerald |Peter Brown |Aubrey Hartman |Christopher Cyr

A solid eco-mystery that will please lovers of nature and science fiction alike. A girl goes on a quest to rescue her parents and animal friends from an evil plot. Hiding out in the near-future “Perfect. Animal. Worlds.” (or PAW) Biosphere, 11-year-old Hazel McCrimlisk hopes that learning to speak with the animals will help her locate her scientist parents, who were mysteriously abducted by a monster just over a year ago.

1 month ago | kirkusreviews.com | Christopher Cyr |Soman Chainani |Iacopo Bruno

Rich and strange (and kitted out with an eye-catching cover), but stronger in the set pieces than the internal logic. Chainani works an elaborate sea change akin to Gregory Maguire’s Wicked (1995), though he leaves the waters muddied. Every four years, two children, one regarded as particularly nice and the other particularly nasty, are snatched from the village of Gavaldon by the shadowy School Master to attend the divided titular school.

Jan 21, 2025 | kirkusreviews.com | Ryan Calejo |Christopher Cyr |Dav Pilkey

Is this the end? Well, no…the series will stagger on through at least one more scheduled sequel. Sure signs that the creative wells are running dry at last, the Captain’s ninth, overstuffed outing both recycles a villain (see Book 4) and offers trendy anti-bullying wish fulfillment. Not that there aren’t pranks and envelope-pushing quips aplenty.

Jan 14, 2025 | kirkusreviews.com | Christopher Cyr |Annie Matthew |Kobe Bryant

A worthy combination of athletic action, the virtues of inner strength, and the importance of friendship. A young tennis champion becomes the target of revenge. In this sequel to Legacy and the Queen (2019), Legacy Petrin and her friends Javi and Pippa have returned to Legacy’s home province and the orphanage run by her father.

Dec 8, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Jon Upton |Christopher Cyr |Dav Pilkey

Is this the end? Well, no…the series will stagger on through at least one more scheduled sequel. Sure signs that the creative wells are running dry at last, the Captain’s ninth, overstuffed outing both recycles a villain (see Book 4) and offers trendy anti-bullying wish fulfillment. Not that there aren’t pranks and envelope-pushing quips aplenty.