By Lindsey Levitt, Reviewed by Marcella R. Gerszten
Published January 10, 2016
Sean Griswold’s Head, by Lindsey Leavitt; Bloomsbury Books for Young Readers: New York, 2011; $16.99 Her parents lie about her father’s multiple sclerosis (MS), a potentially deadly disease of the central nervous system. Her best...
By Sarah Ockler, Reviewed by Anna Vinitsky
Published January 10, 2016
Fixing Delilah, by Sarah Ockler; Little, Brown and Company: New York, 2010; $16.99 Sarah Ockler’s Fixing Delilah follows Delilah Hannaford (a sixteen-year-old girl) as she discovers her family’s secrets and learns the true importance of...
By Jessica Day George, Reviewed by Rachel Halpern
Published January 9, 2016
Tuesdays at the Castle, by Jessica Day George; Bloomsbury Books for Young Readers: New York, 2011; $16.99 Jessica Day George’s Tuesdays at the Castle is a wonderful, heart-pounding story about a young girl who needs...
By Gary D. Schmidt, Reviewed by Ryan Traynor
Published January 9, 2016
Okay for Now, by Gary D. Schmidt; Clarion Books: New York, 2011; $16.99 I looked forward to reading this book about a thirteen- year-old boy, thinking that I’d be able to relate to him right...
By Kate Messner, Reviewed by Sarah Bosworth
Published January 9, 2016
Eye of the Storm, by Kate Messner; Walker Books: New York, 2012; $16.99 Have you ever thought about what the future will hold? My first thoughts have been drastically altered after reading Eye of the...
By Gayle Brandeis, Reviewed by Ana Sofía Uzsoy
Published January 9, 2016
My Life with the Lincolns, by Gayle Brandeis; Henry Holt and Company: New York, 2010; $16.99 Wilhelmina Edelman has three goals for the summer: to get through age twelve without dying, to keep her mom...
By Nils Johnson-Shelton, Reviewed by Nick Ehrhardt
Published January 8, 2016
Otherworld Chronicles: The Invisible Tower, by Nils Johnson-Shelton; HarperCollins: New York, 2012; $16.99 Nils Johnson-Shelton’s The Invisible Tower brings the legend of King Arthur and his sorcerer, Merlin, into the modern world through fantasy adventure....
By Trenton Lee Stewart, Reviewed by Marina Dauer
Published January 7, 2016
The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict, by Trenton Lee Stewart; Little, Brown and Company: New York, 2012; $17.99 The first thing I noticed about this book was that it is the newest installment of The...
By Thanhha Lai, Reviewed by Annie Sheehan-Dean
Published January 7, 2016
Inside Out and Back Again, by Thanhha Lai; HarperCollins Children’s Books: New York, 2011; $16.99 Last year, my family and I moved from Florida to West Virginia and it was a disaster. The movers came...
By Sy Montgomery, Reviewed by Richard Ma
Published January 7, 2016
Temple Grandin, by Sy Montgomery; Houghton Mifflin Books for Children: New York, 2012; $17.99 The world is not always a friendly place for people who think different. Temple Grandin thinks in pictures instead of words....
