I have to admit, my book club just *might* be cooler than yours. Am I presumptuous or what?! The past year has been filled with some memorable moments including a phone chat with Donna Woolfolk Cross when we discussed Pope Joan (whom we will meet TONIGHT at a screening of the film!!), and a [...]
All Alone by Claire Huchet Bishop is the 1954 Newbery Honor. Ten-year-old Marcel is entrusted with his family’s cows for the entire summer on the high French Alp mountain tops. Entirely alone. He has always been taught that it’s best to keep to oneself. In fact, his entire village all keep to themselves. Nobody is [...]
My name is Dovey Coe, and I reckon it don’t matter if you like me or not. I’m here to lay the record straight, to let you know them folks saying I done a terrible thing are liars. I aim to prove it, too. I hated Parnell Caraway as much as the [...]
Witness by Karen Hesse is told from the viewpoints of eleven different townspeople in a small town of Vermont in 1924. A town in which the Klu Klux Klan has moved in and ultimately changes everything. I adore free-verse novels and Witness is as powerful as they come. Based on true characters, there are photographs [...]
Today my book club leader got an email from Donna Woolfolk Cross, author of Pope Joan, which just about sent my heart into palpitations. Last July Donna called into our book club to discuss her fabulous book which I reviewed here. At that time, we were given a sneak peek at the movie trailer. It [...]
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