Katarina by Kathryn Winter is a Young Adult fiction book that follows the story of a ten year old Jewish girl during World War II. Orphaned, Katarina lives a happy life with her Aunt Lena and Uncle Teo despite the fact that she has red hair and freckles. Katarina is a non-practicing Jew and in [...]
In my recent book review of Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo I mentioned how she deals with death. If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson is another book that deals with this subject matter but this one for teenagers. I don’t want to give to much of the book away, [...]
I finished Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson about a week ago, and now as I sit down to write this review, I can’t remember what it was about. I remember that I enjoyed reading it, but now, I must take a moment to quickly go through it again . . . Oh, yes, it’s about [...]
