In A Thousand Never Evers by Shana Burg, it’s 1963 in Kuckachoo Mississippi and Addie Ann Pickett is twelve years old and about to start middle school at West Thunder Creek Junior High School (more commonly known as County Colored). She worries about whether or not playing Double Dutch is to babyish or if her [...]
Wow. Loved this book. What took me so long to read it? A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith and my recent read of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee was a great reminder to me that I haven’t been reading enough classics lately. I used to read so many and have dropped [...]
First off, I was really, really, really excited to read Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume because it’s one of those books that I remember reading as a preteen. Not just reading it but loving it! I also remember thinking, “What would my mother think of me if she knew what [...]
After reading Jimmy’s Stars by Mary Ann Rodman (read my book review) and participating in an interview with the author, I knew that I had to read Yankee Girl. I loved Jimmy’s Stars and Yankee Girl was just as satisfying.
Yankee Girl was inspired by Mary Ann Rodman’s own childhood, who like the main character lived [...]
So first things first. How come they must give Newbery books the WORST covers ever. If this cover of Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer didn’t have the Newbery Honor Book seal on it, there is no way I would have given it a second glance. Take a good look at that cover. What [...]
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