About four years ago, I had the pleasure of listening to Richard Peck present a variety of workshops about writing. Ever since then, I’ve been meaning to pick up something that he wrote. It took me a while but I finally did.
A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck is a 1999 Newbery Honor book [...]
What Jamie Saw by Carolyn Coman was a 1996 Newbery Honor book. What exactly did Jamie, our young main character see? I don’t think I’ll spoil anything because it’s revealed in the very first sentence and as soon as I read it, I thought, “Oh no, this isn’t going to be pretty.” Jamie see’s his [...]
Speak is the first Laurie Halse Anderson book that I’ve read and it certainly won’t be the last. I loved the way in which Speak was written. I’m not exactly sure how to describe it. It’s very minimalistic. Short and to the point. It was refreshing to discover a very stylized book, at least a [...]
If you missed my book reviews of Story of a Girl and Sweethearts hop on over and read them here and here first. Then come back here for a wonderful author interview with Sara Zarr.
Maw Books: Welcome Sara! It’s been a treat to discover both of your books this year. Let’s see if I can [...]
After reading Sweethearts by Sara Zarr (read my book review here), I rushed out to get Story of a Girl, Sara’s debut young adult novel. In Story of a Girl, Deanna is unable to recover from a lack of judgment she made when she was thirteen: being caught by her father having sex with her [...]
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