BOOK REVIEW | Believing in Hope
BELIEVING IN HOPE by Stephanie Perry Moore In this second book of the Yasmin Peace series family tensions and school unrest sore to a fever pitch. A school counselor starts a club for 8th grade girls: The LIGHT club, which deals with major issues: gangs, depression, teen suicide, self-esteem, etc. Yasmin discovers that there is [...]
BOOK REVIEWS | Run, Jeremiah, Run
Run, Jeremiah, Run by Mabel Elizabeth Singletary Reviewed by Linda Leigh Hargrove Nine year old Jeremiah Jones is a born runner. He runs faster than most boys his age. Trouble is ever since his grandmother’s passing his running has been getting him in trouble. When he’s sad or stressed, he runs. His running helps him [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Freedom’s Pen
Freedom’s Pen by Wendy Lawton Young Phillis began life in an African village as a curious and imaginative little Janxa. Then without warning Janxa gets captured by slavers and shipped to the New World with her father. She’s unable to fully comprehend the reasons for the inhumanity she witnesses on the journey. She soothes herself [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Roman Ship Model
Candle Discovery Series: Roman Ship Model My 14 year old son got a peek at this one and is STOKED! I told him I had to review it before I could let him at it, so here we go… …"Roman Ship Model" is a part of the Candle Discovery Series published by Candle Books. No [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Secrets for Sale
SECRETS FOR SALE by Kristi Holl Twelve year old Jeri McKane is horrified when her best friend, Rosa, accuses Jeri of blackmailing her to get money. Whatever the blackmailer knows is a secret that Rosa has only told Jeri. Jeri convinces Rosa to ignore the blackmailer, but as a result, Rosa’s secret is made public [...]
BOOK REVIEW | The Light Across the River
THE LIGHT ACROSS THE RIVER by Stephanie Reed Reading level: Ages 9-12 In 1837 the Underground Railroad was very busy. The Rankin home was a beacon of freedom on the Ohio side of the Ohio River. Kentucky slaves would sometimes cross the ice or take a dingy to get to the other side of the [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Fading Tracks
FADING TRACKS by Kristi Holl Jeri McKane is surprised when her roommate at the Landmark School for Girls doesn’t get back from a field trip in time for dinner. She is horrified when the head mistress of the school informs them that the bus carrying the girls has vanished somewhere on a 2 mile stretch [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Journey to the Homeland
JOURNEY TO THE HOMELAND by Hannah Stahlhut Keegan is orphaned when he is only six-years-old, but a phenomenal boy, he moves from place to place, working as a servant while he seeks a permanent home. However, Keegan has a unique gift—an ability to communicate with animals—and when this ability is discovered, Keegan is usually ran [...]
SNEAK PEEK | There’s a Spaceship in My Tree
Today’s Wild Card author is: Robert West and his book: There’s a Spaceship in My Tree! (Zonderkidz – April 1, 2008) Chapter One Alien Beamer was an alien. He wasn’t a ten-legged slime bag with fourteen eyes, unless, of course, you believed his big sister. Still, Beamer was an alien — no question about it. [...]
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