New books from multitalented Jennifer L. Holm! My daughter is curled up on a Saturday morning reading the latest Babymouse book, and I just finished reading the funny and touching Middle School is Worse Than Meatloaf: A Year Told Through Stuff. The “stuff” comes in the form of artful photos by Elicia Castaldi. For example [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Young Adult’
January 16, 2009
Jerk, California
Have you ever read a book that allowed you to step into shoes very different that your own? Jerk California by Jonathan Friesen is a book like that for me. The main character Sam has just graduated highschool and is facing Tourette’s syndrome, a difficult family, and a difficult past–None of these things are in [...]
December 8, 2008
Historical Fiction
I just finished reading Elephant Run by Roland Smith. Nick escapes the war in England during WWII only to be captured as a prisoner of the Japanese on his father’s teak farm in Burma/Myanmar. What follows is an interesting look into a time and place that I didn’t know much about. I had this similar [...]
December 1, 2008
Spy Fiction
Awhile ago I reported reading IQ: Book 1 Independence Hall by Roland Smith: A fun, not too violent spy tale involving the secret service, Israeli Mossad, music, magic and more. Strong middle grades book I thought. Now, I just finished reading Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter. This is a second [...]
November 17, 2008
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Finished this weekend The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian(Alexie, 2007). This won a National Book Award and an ALA award and probably others I’m not even aware of. The voice of the main character Junior, a teenage boy living on a reservation in Spokane, is so strong. You laugh and cry along with [...]
