By E. W. Zrudlo, Reviewed by Jessica Sashihara
Published December 10, 2016
Camellia the Bald by E. W. Zrudlo; Coastal Carolina Press: Wilmington, North Carolina, 2001; $9.95 If someone asks Jon o'Gates a question, he usually talks too much and tends to digress, which means he gives...
By Amy Schor Ferris, Reviewed by Martina McLarty
Published December 10, 2016
A Greater Goode by Amy Schor Ferris; Houghton Mifflin Company: Boston, 2002; $15 Author Amy Schor Ferris's latest story, A Greater Goode, is a touching novel about Addie Goode, a twelve-year-old, and her experience of...
By Michelle Y. Green, Reviewed by Anastasia Apostoleris
Published December 8, 2016
A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson by Michelle Y. Green; Dial Books for Young Readers: New York, 2002; $15.99 I love baseball, and I have always had a special interest in...
By Karen Hesse, Reviewed by By Alexa Bryn
Published December 5, 2016
Phoenix Rising by Karen Hesse; Henry Holt & Company: New York, 1994; $16.95 Why do bad things happen to good people? Why do some people live and others die? Isn't it ironic how a loss...
By Ana Veciana-Suarez, Reviewed By Joelle Waksman
Published December 2, 2016
Flight to Freedom by Ana Veciana-Suarez; Orchard Books: New York, 2002; $16.95 Flight to Freedom by Ana Veciana-Suarez is amazing right from the start. It is definitely a page-turner and will keep you reading for...
By Barbara Elleman, Reviewed By Vivienne Clark
Published December 2, 2016
Virginia Lee Burton: A Life in Art by Barbara Elleman; Houghton Mifflin Company: Boston, 2002; $20 I can still remember when my dad read Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel to me. In fact, my...
By L. A. Meyer, Reviewed by Julia Kete
Published December 2, 2016
Bloody Jack by L. A. Meyer; Harcourt, Inc.: New York, 2002; $17 Sometime in your life you most likely will experience the thrill of getting involved with something and loving it. It brings about new...
By Alice Mead, Reviewed by Eesha Dave
Published November 30, 2016
Girl of Kosovo by Alice Mead; Farrar, Straus and Giroux: New York, 2001; $16 When people thought the Holocaust was over, it wasn't. For the Jews it may have been over in the 1940s, but...
by Tamora Pierce, Reviewed by Hayley Merrill
Published November 30, 2016
Shatterglass by Tamora Pierce; Scholastic Press: New York, 2003; $16.95 Shatterglass, a fantasy novel by Tamora Pierce, touches ingeniously close to the real world. Pierce is able to weave a tale which, although fiction, is...
By Carol Weston, Reviewed by Libby Coleman
Published November 30, 2016
Melanie Martin Goes Dutch by Carol Weston; Alfred A. Knopf: New York, 2002; $15.95 How would you feel if your parents told you that you were going to Holland for your summer vacation? Happy? Excited?...
