Book Review – The Kneebone Boy

Author:  Ellen Potter Publisher: Feiwel & Friends (September 14, 2010) Reading Level: Grades 4th to 8th Source: ARC for review Rating:  5 Stars – Highly recommend Description from GoodReads: The book’s set in a small English town and follows the Hardscrabble kids who are relocated to live with their aunt in London, where they discover [...]

Book Review: Linger

Author:  Maggie Stiefvater Publisher: Scholastic Press (July 13, 2010) Reading Level: Young Adult Source: Advanced Reader’s Copy Rating: 4.5 Stars Description from GoodReads: In Maggie Stiefvater’s Shiver, Grace and Sam found each other.  Now, in Linger, they must fight to be together. For Grace, this means defying her parents and keeping a very dangerous secret [...]

Book Review: Restoring Harmony

Author: Joelle Anthony Publisher: Putnam Juvenile (May 8, 2010) Reading Level: YA (6th grade up) Source: ARC for review Rating: 5 Stars Description from GoodReads: The year is 2041, and sixteen-year-old Molly McClure has lived a relatively quiet life on an isolated farming island in Canada, but when her family fears the worst may have [...]

2010 Debut Author Challenge Update

Several months ago, I signed up for the 2010 Debut Author Challenge being hosted by the wonderful Story Siren (Krisit).  I have been terrible at posting my reviews on her site.  So in some ways you would think I had done nothing towards this challenge.  But I have and I am going to write one [...]

Summertime Reading Giveaway…

Do some books remind you of a particular time of the year? Some books make me think vacation.  Others remind me of where I was or a particular time in my life.  However, some books seem like great summer reading material.  For the next few weeks, I am going to be hosting a series of [...]