Mud City by Deborah Ellis is the third and final installment of The Breadwinner Series. You may read my review of The Breadwinner and my review of Parvana’s Journey. I thought this was a great series. If you haven’t read them, I highly recommend them. As a brief recap the first [...]
In Parvana’s Journey, sequel to The Breadwinner (my review here), Deborah Ellis continues shedding light on the horrific situations that war brings not only to all of us, but especially to children. In this book, we find Parvana alone. She has just buried her father and has no idea where her mother and [...]
Although I’ve been enjoying all my books this last month, none of them made it to you MUST read it status. Finally! I’ve got one! The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini was brilliant and if you haven’t read it yet, you should. Having read A Thousand Splendid Suns (see my [...]
While browsing some of my favorite blogs, I happened upon a great recommendation at Shelfelf for a children’s companion book to A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (see my review here). Shelfelf says, “While mom and dad are reading A Thousand Splendid Suns, the kids should try Deborah Ellis’s novel, The Breadwinner, [it's] [...]
Wow. Where do I ever begin on A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini? This was the type of book that truly makes you grateful that there are authors out there who have truly mastered the written word to create a story so important and stunning that it makes you [...]
