Richard Montanari, the talented American thriller writer, is even more popular in England and other European countries than he is in the United States. He’s often found […]
Take a ‘classic’ to the beach
(Photo by Sean O’Flaherty courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) Vacation season is upon us and many folks will be going to the beach or just lazing […]
Schooled by Gordon Korman
Meet peaceful, patient Capricorn Anderson, a dyed-in-the-wool hippie who has grown up on the Garland Commune for all of his 13 years with his grandmother […]
C. J. Box: Great Mysteries for Summer Entertainment
Beginning with “Open Season” in 2001, C. J. Box has published 11 books. Seven of them star Wyoming Game Warden Joe Picket, an introspective and […]
The Underneath
Kathi Appelt is a first time novelist, but you wouldn’t know it. Her Newbery honor winner The Underneath reminds me of someone telling a folk […]
Things Not Seen
What would you do if you woke up one morning and discovered that you had become invisible? This is what happens to 15-year old Bobby […]
The Higher Power of Lucky
In The Higher Power of Lucky, Susan Patron has created an indomitable character in ten year old Lucky Trimble. Lucky lives in Hard Pan, CA […]
Read This Book, Then Run To the Food Store
This post would have been finished much earlier if I hadn’t been busy copying the scrumptious recipes that Molly Wizenberg, author of A Homemade Life: Stories […]
Gooney Bird Is So Absurd
Lois Lowry’s Gooney Bird Greene is back in Gooney Bird Is So Absurd. It’s now January in Mrs. Pidgeon’s second grade class. The students are […]
