Rick Niece’s memoir, Side-Yard Superhero: Life Lessons from an Unlikely Teacher, eloquently evokes the author’s fondest memories of childhood, drawn from his experience growing up in small-town America. It is actually the first book in a series called Fanfare for a Hometown (the second book, The Band Plays On: Going Home for a Music Man’s…
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Losing Clementine
What would you do if you had only 30 days to live? This is the situation for the main character in Ashley Ream’s debut novel Losing Clementine, although in this book the timeline is due to a self-imposed countdown rather than an external event such as a terminal illness. After twenty years of enduring various…
No Mark Upon Her
No Mark Upon Her is the first Deborah Crombie novel I have read, but it certainly won’t be the last. This fast-paced crime novel is actually the fourteenth book Crombie has written featuring Scotland Yard Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and Detective Inspector Gemma James, who have been recently married as this book opens. The story centers…
Different…Not Less
Different…Not Less: Inspiring Stories of Achievement and Successful Employment from Adults with Autism, Asperger’s and ADHD is a brand new collection of essays showcasing individuals with a developmental disability who have nonetheless found meaningful and fulfilling careers. The stories are not without their emotional ups and downs. Each contributor has faced his or her share…
When I Woke Up I Was a Hippopotamus
When I Woke Up I Was a Hippopotamus, written by Tom MacRae and illustrated by Ross Collins, is the charming story of a little boy who wakes up one morning feeling like a big hippopotamus who can hardly move and just doesn’t want to get out of bed. As the day goes on, he always…
All That I Am, a 5-Star Read
Although All That I Am by Anna Funder is a novel, it is based on the true story of four young Germans (Ruth, Dora, Hans, and Ernst Toller) who fled their country in order to keep raising the alarm about what was happening in their homeland as Adolf Hitler came to power. Ultimately, it is…
Lovesick
Lovesick by Spencer Seidel is a thoroughly gripping tale that begins with teenager Paul Ducharme being found kneeling over the dead body of his friend, Lee Janis. Initially, Paul cannot remember how he got there, and no one seems to know where Wendy Trower, Lee’s girlfriend and Paul’s friend and love interest, has disappeared to….
What Happened to Hannah
What Happened to Hannah by Mary Kay McComas is one of those truly satisfying novels that engages both your heart and your imagination from beginning to end. Hannah Benson fled her abusive home as a teenager and has worked hard to move past the pain and dysfunction that defined her early life. Now the owner…
Four Letter Words
In this introduction to apologetics for today’s Christian teen or young adult, Bill Giovannetti posits that the “core beliefs of the Christian faith have become today’s four letter words.” We live in a culture where confidently stating what you believe is often labeled as narrow-minded intolerance rather than as an expression of personal faith. Giovannetti…
Gun Games
Gun Games is the twentieth title in the Decker/Lazarus series by best-selling author Faye Kellerman. Peter Decker is an LAPD detective whose wife, Rina Lazarus, often ends up solving cases with him. They are also Orthodox Jews, with Peter having returned to his Jewish roots after meeting Rina. Although I have read a few of…
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