When I was asked if I’d like to participate in a book tour for Warriors in the Crossfire, by Nancy Bo Flood, I couldn’t help but say ‘YES!’ This is a novel set in World War II on the island of Saipan. Although this is a work of fiction, it is based on events and…
Category Archives: High School
Keeping Tweens and Teens Tuned into Books
Last week author Lezlie Evans shared a great column with us on Raising Readers in an Electronic World. This week, in conjunction with Dawn’s review and giveaway of Lezlie’s book, Who Loves the Little Lamb? we are happy to offer up this column about Keeping Tweens and Teens Tuned into Books. So, read on, and…
The Last Survivors by Susan Beth Pfeffer
I loved the first book in the “Last Survivors” series by Susan Beth Pfeffer Life As We Knew It. Amanda read it last year when it was nominated for our state’s book award. Then because she loved it, I listened to the audiobook. It made for a good audio “read,” because it’s in the first…
The Agency: A Spy in the House
Being that I’m currently on a children’s mystery reading kick, I couldn’t resist trying out a modern tale of suspense and adventure. I noticed that Candlewick had recently released a new (to them) title called The Agency 1: A Spy in the House. It sounded like perfection so I gave it a whirl! A Spy…
I Can’t Keep My Own Secrets
I Can’t Keep My Own Secrets: Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous & Obscure has received some critical acclaim, including being named a Cybils YA Non-fiction finalist, but I was a bit skeptical. I wondered how much of an impact six words could have. Well, while it’s still not the kind of work that can transcend…
Poetry Speaks Who I Am
I’m not a regular reader of poetry, and I don’t remember a time when I really was, save a short fascination with the works of Shel Silverstein. But I do love the opportunity to focus on poetry in the month of April, which has been declared National Poetry Month. We kick it off with a…
On Reading and Kids: I Don’t Forbid, I Discuss
We are a household of readers. I have been a book junkie for as long as I can remember, that husband o’ mine is a huge newspaper addict and the resident teenagers read anything and everything that crosses their paths. Speaking of teenagers, when it comes to my teens and their choices of reading material,…
The Lost Art of True Beauty
Clearly Leslie Ludy doesn’t care about being culturally relevant. Her book, The Lost Art of True Beauty: The Set-Apart Girl’s Guide to Feminine Grace is a clarion call for young women to return to virtue, manners, and modesty. Not exactly the kind of headlines you see in most publications geared toward teenaged girls and young…
Claudette Colvin
I was curious to read the Cybils Nonfiction Finalist Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice because it’s gotten so much buzz, and also because unlike some, I had heard of Claudette Colvin — from, in fact, the Cybils MG/YA Nonfiction winner from 2006 that I was also privileged to help select — Russell Freedman’s Freedom Walkers…
A Wish After Midnight
Fifteen-year-old Genna is too smart, too dreamy, too tall, too dark, and too much of a loner. Like most fifteen-year-old girls, she’s trying to figure out who she is and who she wants to be. Also like most fifteen-year-old girls finding a boyfriend gives her some self-confidence. Like Gemma, Judah is different. He’s a rastafarian,…
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