No More Dead Dogs Gordon Korman always does an excellent job of writing books at an easy reading level that will appeal to older kids. I love this because I'm often working with middle school kids who are reading at a 2nd grade level. When you're twelve and starting to call yourself a tween, Runaway Ralph isn't going to cut it ( Read more... )

I'm soooo happy Lyda Morehouse has returned to this particular world: post major world war that has been blamed on people's lack of religious morals, so now it is mandatory that one be officially registered in a religion. & what's more, the archangels are on earth, doing His/Her bidding, and in this case, He/She has ordered them them to martyr a ( Read more... )

I'm a little conflicted about writing a review of Marian Anderson's My Lord, What a Morning. I feel like I should give it five stars just because it contains words written by a beautiful person who did much for others, and by being her humble self opened doors for many others. It is an amazing book just because it preserves the words of an amazing ( Read more... )

I always find it difficult to review an anthology because I tend to see them as collections of individual stories rather than collections of individual stories. I never like all the stories in an anthology, and to be honest, would it be a good thing if I did? Would that mean all the stories are fantastic? Or would it mean that the anthology lacked ( Read more... )

Stross always creates dense political worlds complete with all their economic ugliness. This is his strength, and also his curse. His readers have to be able adapt to his world quickly. He doesn't waste time with infodumps. Yeah! He doesn't waste time with infodumps. Oh no! This means your in for a fast paced story where you better catch on quickly ( Read more... )

Keigo Higashino's mystery The Devotion of Suspect X starts so simply, the reader tends to think it's no mystery at all. Yasuko's abusive ex-husband finds her, follows her home, shakes her down for money and then begins beating up her daughter. To save her daughter, she kills him. Simple enough? But the neighbor is a genius mathematician, and just ( Read more... )

I picked up this book because I work in a school that is extremely diverse. The kids are hungry for stories about Latinos. Laura McNeal's Dark Water is told from a Gringa point of view, but it will still appeal to Latina readers. It's a romance, so you might have trouble getting the boys to read it, but the danger level is high enough to interest ( Read more... )

Target audience: 10-14 ( Read more... )

The reviewer on Library Thing before me called this a "modern twist on The Yellow Wallpaper." I see where that came from, but that doesn't describe the book I read. Yes, our dear Eliza has hallucinations, but she isn't trapped anymore than she chooses to be. Perhaps she's mad, but perhaps as one of her neighbors suggest, she has the most annoying ( Read more... )

Through her many professions, Alex Flinn has worked with violent teens and teens in violent situations. She understands abuse in a way I hope never to. "Nothing to Lose" is one of her many books that helps the understand these kinds of situations ( Read more... )