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 [...]
The Tiger Rising is the fourth book that I’ve read this year by Kate DiCamillo. The two others being Because of Winn-Dixie, The Tale of Despereaux, and The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (click on links to be taken to my book reviews). Thus far I’ve enjoyed all of her books.
It has been [...]
