Dork Diaries: Tales for a Not-So-Popular Party Girl by Rachel Renee Russell

Dork Diaries: Tales for a Not-So-Popular Party Girl by Rachel Renee Russell is a very fun sequel to the cute Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life. If you recall my review of the first book, I loved it.  I thought it was so much fun and highly recommended it for tween girls and [...]

Dovey Coe by Frances O’Roark Dowell

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 [...]

The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon

In The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon, thirteen-year-old Sam is the son of civil rights activist Roland Childs (who is a fictional character just to be clear), who is close to Martin Luther King Jr. Sam has grown up his whole life participating in demonstrations and stuffing more envelopes than he cares to [...]

Dork Diaries: Tales from a NOT-SO-Fabulous Life by Rachel Renee Russell

In full honesty and transparency I was a little excited to receive Dork Diaries: Tales from a NOT-SO-Fabulous Life by Rachel Renee Russell for review.  This author certainly knows how to promote herself.  First the book arrived in a box, not an envelope.  With tissue.  Yes, tissue.  Inside the tissue was a really cute pink [...]