Category Archives: Juvenile/Middle Grade Fiction
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
For all the ten years of her life, Hà has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, the warmth of her friends close by … Continue reading
Melina Marchetta’s books are like potato chips . . .
. . . you can’t read just one. Or you can liken them to chocolate chip cookies, if sweet snacks are more your thing. Seriously. I just read about precious … Continue reading
Let the Battle of the Kids’ Books begin!
School Library Journal releases this year’s list of contenders. I adored Chime, Between Shades of Gray, and A Monster Calls, quite liked Daughter of Smoke and Bone, and An Exploded … Continue reading
Some books were just made to be on the big screen . . . The Hobbit is one of them
Christmas came early, kiddos, with the release of the first trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey! And don’t judge me, but who knew that dwarves could be hot? Just … Continue reading
The Week in Review (1)
This weekly series is inspired by the In My Mailbox series over at The Story Siren (see link in sidebar) and chronicles the books I purchased, got from the library or received in … Continue reading
Gloria Whelan’s Once On This Island
So I had to create this educational blog for one of my library science classes and I chose to do mine on the War of 1812, since my hometown has … Continue reading
