By Janet Tashjian, Reviewed by Lauren Porter
Published February 7, 2017
Multiple Choice by Janet Tashjian; Henry Holt and Company: New York, 1999; $16.95 "I wish my brain were a toaster." That's how Monica Devon feels about the way she obsesses over everything— from the amount...
By Catherine Clinton, Reviewed by Jessica Arguilez Bans
Published February 5, 2017
I, Too, Sing America by Catherine Clinton; Houghton Mifflin Company: Boston, 1998; $20 This is a collection of African-American poetry that is tragic and triumphant. You will learn a lot about history from these poems....
By John B. Severance, Reviewed by Casey Pelletier
Published February 5, 2017
Einstein: Visionary Scientist by John B. Severance; Clarion Books: New York, 1999; $15 To most kids, Einstein: Visionary Scientist would seem like "a book about some dead guy whose ideas I don't understand." At first,...
By Kimberly Willis Holt, Reviewed by Eli Black
Published February 4, 2017
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt; Henry Holt and Company: New York, 1999; $16.95 Has a trailer from nowhere with a 300-pound boy inside ever pulled up in front of your...
By Linda Maybarduk, Reviewed by Marit Rogne
Published February 4, 2017
The Dancer Who Flew: A Memoir of Rudolf Nureyev by Linda Maybarduk; Tundra Books: Toronto, 1999; $18.95 When I was nine years old, I was in a musical at the local university in my town,...
By Jennifer Holm, Reviewed by Kevin Zhou
Published February 2, 2017
Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer Holm; HarperCollins Books: New York, 1999; $15.95 Close your eyes and imagine that you're the only girl on the Nasel River in the state of Washington, you have seven...
By Brad Strickland, Reviewed by Austin Alvermann
Published January 30, 2017
When Mack Came Back by Brad Strickland; Dial Books for Young Readers: New York, 2000; $15.99 I've always loved dogs, but I can never have one, because of my allergies. The book When Mack Came...
By Vicki Grove, Reviewed By Adrienne Raphel
Published January 23, 2017
Destiny by Vicki Grove; G. P. Putnam's Sons: New York, 2000; $16.99 D0 you believe in fate? Do you believe that our lives all have a certain destiny? Or do you believe in free will?...
By Paul Fleischman, Reviewed by Meenakshi Dalal
Published January 17, 2017
Mind's Eye by Paul Fleischman; Henry Holt and Company: New York, 1999; $15.95 D0 you know what your mind's eye is? It's your imagination. In this book a sixteen-year-old girl, Courtney, meets an eighty-eight-year-old lady,...
By Jean Craighead George, Reviewed by Corben Wolford
Published January 16, 2017
Frightful's Mountain by Jean Craighead George; Dutton Children's Books: New York, 1999; $15.99 Jean Craighead George wrote the book Frightful's Mountain. It is about a peregrine falcon named Frightful and a boy named Sam who...
