By Li Keng Wong, Reviewed by Mallory Xiaohe McFarland
Published February 5, 2016
Good Fortune, My Journey to Gold Mountain, by Li Keng Wong; Peachtree Publishers: Atlanta, Georgia, 2006; $14.95 Have you ever read a book that grasps you from the first page and won't let go until...
By Sid Fleischmann, Reviewed by Alec Ahrens
Published February 5, 2016
Jim Ugly, by Sid Fleischman; HarperTrophy (reprint edition): New York, 2oo3; $6.99 If you like mysteries and suspense/adventure books, then Jim Ugly is the book for you! Twelve-year-old Jake Bannock's father, Sam, is dead. He...
By Ann Rinaldi, Reviewed by Sajeda Ahmed
Published February 5, 2016
Numbering All the Bones, by Ann Rinaldi; Hyperion Books for Children: New York, 2002; $15.99 Only once in a very long time is a book published that is truly a work of art. It takes...
By Maurine F. Dahlberg, Reviewed by Anya Josephs
Published February 5, 2016
Play to the Angel by Maurine F. Dahlberg; Farrar, Straus and Giroux: New York, 2000; $16 The most memorable book I have read in a long time is Play to the Angel. Beautifully written characters...
By Linda Sue Park, Reviewed by Richard Chung
Published February 5, 2016
Project Mulberry, by Linda Sue Park; Clarion Books: New York, 2oog; $16 “That's great but what about here?" That's the question I used to ask myself whenever my mom bragged about how well developed and...
By Curtis Parkinson, Reviewed by Nicholas Rao
Published February 4, 2016
Domenic's War: A Story of the Battle of Monte Cassino, by Curtis Parkinson; Tundra Books: Toronto, 2oo6; $9.95 At the mention of war, some of the first images that come to mind are of troops...
By Sarah Weeks, Reviewed by Isabel Bartholomew
Published February 4, 2016
So B. It by Sarah Weeks, HarperTrophy: New York, 2005; $6.99 So B. It is possibly one of the most moving, wonderful, descriptive books I have ever read. In this story, the main character, Heidi,...
By Carolyn Meyer, Reviewed by Kelsey May
Published February 3, 2016
Loving Will Shakespeare by Carolyn Meyer; Harcourt Children's Books: New York, 2006; $17 History is a great topic. When you combine that with William Shakespeare, the greatest poet in Europe, you have a story so...
By Marian Hale, Reviewed by Adiel Schmidt
Published February 3, 2016
Dark Water Rising by Marian Hale; Henry Holt Books for Young Readers: New York, 2006; $16.95 Do you know somebody who survived a natural disaster or a big storm? Well, I don't, but when I...
By Ellen Kluges, Reviewed by Katherine Tracy
Published February 3, 2016
The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages; Viking Children's Books: New York, 2006; $16.99 Suze reached in and picked up a book, riffling the pages with a thumb. The Boy Mechanic, she said, snickering. "Why...
