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Sarah: Plain and Tall - Patricia MacLachlan ****A Daughter's Review This book was a story told by Anna about how she got her new mother Sarah. Her father put an ad in the paper looking for a new wife. Sarah was from Maine and she came for a visit to see if she wanted to get married. Anna and her brother were worried that she wouldn't want to stay and be their mother. At the very end of the book, we found out. This was the first book that we read for our Mother Daughter Book Club. Everyone really liked the book. We talked about lots of things like how hard it is to move to a new place, and we discussed our favorite parts of the book. I especially liked that the book was funny and sad. Everyone agreed that they wanted to read more books in the Sarah: Plain and Tall series. - Hayley P., Mechanicsburg, PA - 8 years old To buy Sarah: Plain and Tall click here. Other books by this author. Write a review and click here to send it in.
****A Mother's Review Set in both 1942 and modern times, Sarah's Key by Tatiana De Rosnay is a mystery as well as a heartbreaking look at the round up and deportation of Jewish families from Paris to Auschwitz in what was known as the Vel d'Hiv for the place the families gathered—the Vélodrome d'hiver, or winter velodrome. Ten-year-old Sarah Starzynski is sleeping when the Paris police bang on her apartment door. Her family had heard of Jews being rounded up, but only the men. So Sarah's father was hidden in the basement, thinking his family was safe. But the police this night came for everyone. Sarah's four-year-old brother, Michel, stubbornly refused to go and insisted on hiding in a secret cupboard before the police saw him. Sarah locked Michel in and promised to come back when she returned. Sixty years later, Julia Jarmond, an American journalist living in Paris, investigates the story of the Vel d'Hiv and uncovers Sarah's story when she finds out that her husband's family moved into to Sarah's apartment after her family left. She is determined to find what happened to Sarah, in the process uncovering family secrets that some think would be best to leave buried. Gripping and emotional, this fast-paced book brings to life Paris in the 1940s and in modern times. It takes a frank look at a nation and a people who for so long would not come to grips with it's complicity in sending its own citizens to die in Nazi concentration camps. It also follows Julia as she delves deeper into the story while confronting conflicts of her own with her husband and his family. I recommend it for mother-daughter book clubs with girls in high school. To buy Sarah's Key click here. Write a review and click here to send it in.
Screenwriting for Teens, The 100 Principles of Screenwriting Every Budding Writer Must Know - Christina Hamlett *****A Reader's Review Screenwriting for Teens, The 100 Principles of Screenwriting Every Budding Writer Must Know, is an in- depth, yet easy to read book for writers of all ages. Christina Hamlett motivates any promising screenwriter, with her humorous writing style and detailed, informative understanding of the craft. To call the book a complete how-to manual would be a vast understatement. At the end of each chapter, a section called Brainstorming, provides writing exercises to reinforce the core concepts introduced in the chapter. Also included, is a Look and Learn section that references films, television shows, books and websites that highlight the focal points contained in the chapter. Offering more than just helpful hints for those with the dreaded "writer's block," Screenwriting for Teens is a comprehensive guidebook that covers all genres. Whether writing a Drama, Comedy, Action Adventure or Sci-Fi Film, this is the book to begin or develop your skills. It will be first on my recommended reading list for the Screenwriting Program that I will be offering at my local community college. Thanks a million, Ms. Hamlett, for your brilliance and encouragement, supporting all those with the courage and vision to put their pens to paper, move forward and to not give up! - Marci W., Maui, Hawaii To buy Screenwriting for Teens click here. Other books by this author. Write a review and click here to send it in.
***** A Mother's Review Sold is the story is about a Nepalese girl—13-year-old Lakshmi— who leaves home thinking she will be working to support her desperately poor family. In reality she has been sold into the sexual slave trade and is taken far away from anything that is relevant to her. A fictional tale of a very real event, Sold is an important book that sheds light on how easily girls can be lured away from their families and into situations from which it is difficult for them to escape. To research her story, McCormick traveled to the countries of India and Nepal, and she interviewed the women living in Calcutta’s red-light district, as well as girls who had been rescued from sexual slavery. As the mother of two daughters, I think it’s important for them to know that cases like these are not isolated, and sexual slavery occurs all over the world, even in the U.S. I believe Sold would make for a very interesting discussion with a mother-daughter book club. The scenes of Lakshmi’s life before she leaves home are bittersweet as well as enlightening about what life is like for the people who live in the villages of Nepal. And Lakshmi is as innocent as you might expect any girl her age to be. Her voice rings true throughout the book; she’s a very real character. A non-fiction book I recently read on this topic called Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade and How We Can Fight It by David Batstone makes a great companion to Sold. Batstone tells of organizations in many different countries that are fighting this horrific practice, and gives ideas for what each of us can do to help support them. - Cindy H., Portland, Oregon To buy Sold click here. Other books by this author. Write a review and click here to send it in.
Songs for a Teenage Nomad - Kim Culbertson ***** A Mother's Review Calle Smith never lives in one place long enough to call it home. While her mother runs from relationships, lonely Calle finds solace in music, creating a song journal as a way to cope with her uprooted life. Kim Culbertson's intelligent writing provides insight into the longings of this fourteen-year old with heartrending emotion. Not only a must-read for teens, this book presents topics and ideas that make it essential for parents as well. The themes of growth, love and loss pave clear inroads to discussion topics for mothers and daughters. Keeping a song journal is something that can be shared by both generations as a way to more easily understand one another. A high school educator for over ten years and a parent herself, it is easy to see that Culbertson has an affinity for both young adults and parents. She lends encouragement for each of us to find our unique literary voice through the keeping of a song journal. I love her tag line: "What is the soundtrack of your life?" Songs for a Teenage Nomad introduces ideas to explore together through this inspirational story. - Ann F., Salem, Oregon ***** A Mother's and Daughter's Review Both music and words flow beautifully throughout Songs for a Teenage Nomad, written by Kim Culbertson. The songs lead the reader into the story linking the past to the present and in so doing, build a fragile connection between a mother and a daughter. A secret creates a barrier between them but as their stories unfold both mother and daughter experience their own rite of passage. Culbertson leans into the complexities of relationships in a brilliant way, and tackles the inner world of a teenage girl with a refreshing respect for the-wisdom that lies there. I'm fourteen and my Mom is thirty-nine and we both loved it! We can't wait for her next book! - Alice and Jaime Y., Nevada County, California To buy Songs for a Teenage Nomad click here. Write a review and click here to send it in.
Still Life with Chickens: Starting Over in a House By the Sea by Catherine Goldhammer ***** An author's review There are numerous self-help books on the market that enable people to cope with major life transitions - divorce, the death of a spouse, the move to a new neighborhood, the onset of empty-nest syndrome. Nothing attacks life changes better, though, than the wit and mirth of Catherine Goldhammer's Still Life with Chickens. Her conversational style is hilarious and reads as if she is sitting across the table from you over coffee and talking about her move to a fixer-upper house by the sea with a daughter who is most defiantly her own person. My favorite paragraph is the mother's observation about the simplicity of life as seen through the eyes of their brood of fluffy chicks: "The chickens went about their little chicken lives, eating and drinking and pecking. When I picked them up, they settled into the hammock I made of my shirt and went to sleep. Their beady little eyes drooped and they leaned their little heads against my thumb. Chickens are masters at living in the moment. I should stop worrying about them, I told myself. I should bow to their greater wisdom." It's a wonderful lesson about resiliency (and comfort) from which we all can learn. -- Christina H., Pasadena, California To buy Still Life with Chickens click here. Write a review and click here to send it in.
Stolen Voices – A Collection of Young People’s War Diaries – edited by Zlata Filipovic and Melanie Challenger ***** A Mother’s Review My seventh-grade daughter and I read this collection of war diaries from World War I to Iraq for our book club. We read it aloud together, and I’m glad we did. It gave us a chance to talk about the historical times each of the wars was set in and discuss the difficulties each of the diarists experienced. Particularly interesting were the views expressed by young people writing in Israel, Palestine and Iraq, since those conflicts are current events. During our group discussion we sat in a circle and each of the girls and moms talked about the diary that lingered in their minds the most. Not surprisingly many of us chose Inge, a Jewish girl sent from Austria with her sister to stay with an English family during World War II. Since the girls are the same age Inge was when she was writing, the anguish she experienced at leaving her parents and her home resonated particularly with us. I worried that the subject matter would be too intense for middle school girls, because some of the descriptions are particularly strong. And not all the diarists survive. But during our discussion it was quite clear that the girls had learned a lot from reading the book, and they highly recommended it for other girls their age. In fact, one of our members had not read Stolen Voices before our meeting, but said she couldn’t wait to start after hearing the rest of us talk about it. I think Stolen Voices is an important book for people of all ages, but it’s especially important for the young. And I think it’s a great book to read with a group. An excerpt from the diary of Zlata Filipovic, one of the editors, is also included in the collection. A line from one of her entries sums up the sentiment that was a common thread among many of the diarists, “I simply don’t understand it. Of course, I’m ‘young’ and politics are conducted by ‘grown-ups.’ But I think we ‘young’ would do it better. We certainly wouldn’t have chosen war….” - Cindy H., Portland, Oregon To buy Stolen Voices click here. Write a review and click here to send it in. Click here to read an interview with the author.
The Adoration of Jenna Fox - Mary E. Pearson ****A Daughter's Review The Adoration of Jenna Fox is an interesting book with a plot that makes you want to read to the end. It covers many difficult topics with a very real and human perspective, mainly how far would you go to save someone you love. It also addresses what could happen in the medical world if we continue on the path we're on. Though the book had some rough writing style issues the plot is intriguing enough to make you go on and finish it. The Adoration of Jenna Fox is a good book that not only makes you think about what's going on in our world today and how that will affect tomorrow, but also about finding your true identity. -- Franny S., Portland, Oregon *****A Mom's Review Jenna Fox wakes up from a coma she's been in for over a year. She doesn't remember anything about the accident that put her there or her life before, and she has many questions that aren't being answered by her parents. As she begins to build a new life, she watches videos of her younger self and slowly her memory returns, bringing with it a horrible truth that she must address. Set some time in the future when the second woman has been elected U.S. President and a government-watch-agency determines how much medical care individuals can receive, The Adoration of Jenna Fox is a mystery that slowly unfolds while addressing major issues that should provide much to talk about in your mother daughter book club and compare the answers from the two generations. What makes us human? What would you do to save someone you love? Just because science makes something possible, are there reasons we shouldn't do it anyway? Can parents adore their children too much? Recommended. -- Cindy H., Portland, Oregon To buy The Adoration of Jenna Fox click here. Other books by this author. Write a review and click here to send it in.
*****+ A Mother’s Review The Book Thief deals with heavy subject matter - it’s set in Nazi Germany and is narrated by Death - but the story is so compelling I found myself savoring every page and reading slowly so it wouldn’t come to an end. I’ve never read a fictional book about the daily lives of ordinary people in Germany during World War II, and that is certainly part of what made The Book Thief so interesting. The main character is Liesel Meminger, a 9-year-old girl sent with her brother to live with foster parents when her father is arrested for for being a Communist and her mother expects she will soon follow. Her brother dies on the trip to the foster home, and Liesel steals her first book from the man who digs her brother’s grave. She settles into the household of Hans and Rosa Hubermann and makes a new life in a town very near Munich. War is everywhere around them - from book burnings, to Hitler youth meetings, to Jews marching through the streets on their way to concentration camps, to food rationing to bombing by Allied planes. And Death narrates the events of Liesel’s life dispassionately, but with wonderful details and with the kind of foreshadowing that made even the hardest events of the book easier to read. The Book Thief is a rarity among books - a truly original tale that I intend to read again and again. I highly recommend it for mother daughter book clubs with high-school aged daughters. – Cindy H., Portland, Oregon To buy The Book Thief click here. Write a review and click here to send it in. Click here to read an interview with the author.
The Curse of Addy McMahon - Katie Davis **** A Mother’s Review Be sure you have plenty of time when you pick up The Curse of Addy McMahon by Katie Davis—you might not be able to stop turning pages to see what happens next. On the other hand, Davis's clever use of graphic illustrations interspersed in the narrative provide clean breaks if you just have to put the book down now and then. Mother-daughter book clubs with girls in 6th to 9th grade will find a lot to like here. Addy is convinced she suffers from a family curse, rendered against her great-grandad in Ireland by fairies. And she's got mounting evidence to suggest she might be right. Her mom's boyfriend is moving into the guest room “temporarily,” her worst enemy saw her shopping for a training bra, and her best friend, Jackie, is mad at her because she accidentally emailed a copy of a nasty fake interview with Jackie that got all around school. But Addy does have a lot going for her. She helped create a school newspaper and she's on the editorial staff. She interviews interesting people and creates graphic drawings to illustrate the stories she writes. People love her interviews, and they let her know it. I found myself wishing I had experienced that kind of good luck when I was in middle school. The illustrations punctuating the narrative should make The Curse of Addy McMahon attractive to reluctant readers as well as those who devour books. The presentation is unconventional, and so is some of the narrative. It was quite interesting to read Addy's thoughts about her father, who died from cancer he got from smoking. And the subject of parents entering the dating/relationship world after the death of a spouse is also very thoughtfully written. Here's an activity idea to go with the book: have girls and moms both draw their own autobiograstrips like Addy's. Share them at a meeting and see what discussion ensues. - Cindy H., Portland, Oregon To buy The Curse of Addy McMahon click here. Other books by this author. Write a review and click here to send it in.
The House of the Scorpion - Nancy Farmer **** A Daughter's Review When I first found out that we were going to read this book, every instinct told me not to. I had heard that it was a very scary book about cloning. Once we had read it though, I loved it. It is a story about a kid named Matt who is a clone of a famous drug dealer. At first, everybody thinks that he is just a filthy, old clone, so they lock him into a cell. When the drug dealer finds out about this, he immediately lets Matt out. Everybody still tries to avoid him. He grows up and eventually finds out that the man he s cloned from is becoming too old and needs a new heart. Matt escapes only to find himself in a harsh, uncaring world. In the end, he learns that the only difference between a regular person and a clone, is that there is no difference. This story is about love, and a future that is harsh. - Catherine H., Portland, Oregon To buy The House of the Scorpion click here. Other books by this author. Write a review and click here to send it in.
The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles - Julie Andrews Edwards ***** A Daughter's Review I loooooved this book! I was sooo fun and full of magic. I just got this feeling of happiness, anxiety and fear while reading this book. Sometimes I got so caught up in the story I couldn't turn the page I was so scared of what would happen next like maybe one of the creatures would hop out of the book. I'm not a big fantasy reader, but this book had a way of mixing some of my least favorite genres (mystery, scary/adventure) and making a whole new one that I very much enjoyed. I really liked how the author described everything in such detail that I felt like I had been to Whangdoodle Land after reading this book. I also loved the creatures concepts and inventions in the book - they were so creative. For example - the Whangdoodle's boat and soda machine really tickled me. The boat is called the Jolly Boat, and to start it you have to tell jokes so it laughs, which makes it go. Then on the lower deck there is a special soda machine that you ask for any kind of food with anything on it and it makes it for you on the spot. -- Franny S., Portland, Oregon ***** A Mother's Review I'd like to recommend a book for the 2nd-3rd grade level, though it's good up to 5th or 6th grade. The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews Edwards. Yes, the author is the same of Sound of Music fame. This is one of two novels she has written (Mandy, about an orphan girl, is also an excellent choice for this age. It is reminiscent of The Secret Garden). Whangdoodles is the adventure of three children (a girl, age 7 or 8, and 2 boys, ages 11 and 13) and a professor specializing in DNA/cloning research. Using their senses and child-like belief in the unbelievable, they travel to a land which has forever been closed to human kind. Whangdoodleland is the place where all creatures in whom people have stopped believing have gone to live. It is ruled by the Whangdoodle who is, sadly, the last of his kind. This book is reminiscent of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It is a lovely adventure with many morals, and absolutely no objectionable words for the 6-8 year old set. (Note from reviewer: 2008 is an anniversary year for the book and it has been republished with a special anniversary edition cover.) -- Sarah T., Castro Valley, California To buy The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles click here. Other books by this author. Write a review and click here to send it in.
The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett **** A Mother's Review My 8 year old daughter Rowan read The Secret Garden and LOVED it. It was the first book that she really enjoyed and couldn't put down. She was an avid reader, but this was the first book with enough depth to pull her into the story. Each day she would tell me which part she was on and we would discuss it. Finally she finished the book and we celebrated by watching the film adaptation. Rowan enjoyed seeing how the director changed the book a bit and liked imagining how she might have portrayed the characters herself. We came to this website looking for some books we could read together for the summer. Thank you for the website! -- Rebecca G., Eldersburg, Maryland
The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd **** A Daughter's Review In the book The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd tells the story of a fourteen year old girl named Lily, and her struggle to find out about her dead mother's past. She leaves her abusive father to find a new life and answers about her mother, and ends up finding a home living with three eccentric bee-keeping sisters. I thought it was a heartwarming coming of age story. - Liz M., Portland, Oregon To buy The Secret Life of Bees click here. Other books by this author. Write a review and click here to send it in.
The Tale of Despereaux - Kate DiCamillo **** A Daughter's Review If you like fantasy-type books about animal heroes, you will love the book The Tale of Despereaux. It's about a little mouse that needs to save his family and friends, despite how small and somewhat helpless he is. I think it was a great book, although not quite my style of reading. I prefer more realistic books. Anyway, I give it 4 out of 5 stars. I think if you enjoy this kind of book you would definitely give it 5. It was a big hit with most of our book group members and definitely deserves a good rating. -- Monica W., Portland, Oregon To buy The Tale of Despereaux click here. Other books by this author. Write a review and click here to send it in.
The Truth (I'm a girl, I'm smart and I know everything) - Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein **** A Mother's Review The Truth (I'm a girl, I'm smart and I know everything) is a little book that gives a lot to think about. Told through the diary entries of a young girl who keeps a fake diary for her parents to find while writing the truth in her real diary, The Truth seems even more universal because the reader never learns the name of the diarist. We read her entries for the day and are free to picture her in our own minds as we will. The Truth lets us in on the thoughts of a 10-year-old who is still very much a child, but who is also growing up and not sure how to deal with the changes she's going through. For instance, when she gets a crush on a boy in her class, it's such a powerful feeling that she knows she will love him forever. Yet, she fantasizes that she could easily have lots of children and take care of them well because she takes such good care of her dolls. You feel the ache of a child's wanting to know about the changes that are in store for her, and her frustration that adults in her life think she's too young to think or talk about the things she's curious about. It's a great reminder that our children want and need information about topics parents are often uncomfortable talking about, and how important it is to talk about them. Moms and daughters will have lots to talk about if they read The Truth together: How do children feel when they hear their parents argue? When do they need to know about changes their bodies go through in adolescence? Why is it important to hear about these things from parents? I was a bit surprised to discover that the diary entries were not written in current times, but as though the writer was growing up in the 1950s or 60s. References to comic books, I Love Lucy, dial telephones and Brownie cameras may be confusing to some girls. But that shouldn't keep the book from being an interesting and quick read. And there's a great list of questions for kids at the end that's perfect to use in a mother-daughter book club meeting. -- Cindy H., Portland, Oregon To buy The Truth (I'm a girl, I'm smart and I know everything) click here. To visit Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein's Web site click here.
**** A Mother's Review Tally is about to turn 16 and can't wait for the day she goes for the surgery that will make her pretty for the rest of her life. Her best friend Peris has already changed, because he's a few weeks older than she is, and Tally is lonely waiting for her turn. Then she meets Shay, who takes her on adventures outside their city. Shay claims to know of a place where kids run away to before they become pretty. And she's unsure of whether she wants to be pretty or not. When Shay disappears before her birthday leaving instructions for Tally to follow, Tally has to decide whether to follow and be ugly forever or stay and become pretty. The innovations of this futuristic world were fun to read about - hoverboards for transportation, holes in the wall that spit out new clothes. But as with any Utopian society there is a dark side that inhabitants don't see until they buck the system. A fascinating book! There's so much to talk about whether you're in a mother daughter book club or just reading for fun. How does society pressure us, girls especially, to have perfect looks? How can you choose your own path when everyone around you is moving in another direction? How much are you willing to give up for beauty?- Cindy H., Portland, Oregon To buy Uglies click here. Other books by this author. Write a review and click here to send it in.
Unraveling by Michelle Baldini and Lynn Biederman **** A Mother's Review Amanda Himmelfarb is starting high school and is ready to grab all she can of it. She wants to leave behind the loser image that got her the one-time nickname of Himmelfart. She's contemplating having sex with a boy she met on vacation the year before. And she's constantly at odds with her mother, who watches her like a hawk and comes down hard on her for all the things she imagines Amanda wants to do. The reader aches for everyone involved in the dysfunctional dynamics of this family. the mother-daughter pair who are constantly at odds, the mom and dad who argue over discipline and trust, the younger sister who takes advantage of it all to gain special privileges for herself. In short, everyone is unraveling, and the more threads that get pulled away, the faster the foundation continues to crumble. Just when everyone seems on the brink of coming apart, a surprising event helps them start to put the stitches of their lives back together. Members of mother-daughter book clubs will find Unraveling a safe place to talk about mother-daughter conflicts and look at how they affect the whole family. So much of the conflict comes about through misunderstanding and miscommunication, it's a primer on what not to say or do if you want to maintain good relationships between parents and children. There's also lots of other issues to discuss, one being how girls who feel unloved and unaccepted may be less able to set acceptable boundaries for all areas of their lives. I recommend it for high school readers and up. -- Cindy H., Portland, Oregon Write a review and click here to send it in.
Walter, The Story of a Rat - Barbara Wersba/Illustrated by Donna Diamond ***** A Reader's Review Long before a gourmet rodent named Remy stole our hearts in "Ratatouille", a bookish rat named Walter scampered into existence courtesy of author Barbara Wersba and Donna Diamond. Walter is special because - unlike any of his friends or relatives - he discovered at a young age that he knows how to read. And as any of us who truly love books can easily attest, once you start reading, it is impossible to ever stop. Fortunately, Walter has taken up residence in the Long Island house of Miss Pomeroy, a lonely woman who just happens to be an author. Over the course of 60 pages - combined with a smattering of priceless pen and ink drawings - the author weaves a gentle tale of friendship in which these two unique souls come to be aware of one another. I started reading this enchanting tale myself one evening at the dining room table while my husband was cooking dinner and I kept interrupting him so often with the charming turns of phrase that he finally suggested I read it out loud to him. To date, it remains a favorite story to both of us and I have subsequently bought many copies for young people - and adults! - who would appreciate Walter's honesty, simplicity, curiosity and kindness. - Christina H., Pasadena California To buy Walter: the Story of a Rat click here. Write a review and click here to send it in.
***** A Daughter's Review Set in WWII, Weedflower is an amazing story about a Japanese girl who is forced to leave everything behind. Sumiko and her family travel to many different Japanese camps, while struggling to make friends along the way. But everything starts to brighten up when Sumiko meets a charming Indian boy! This book is great for any audience (yes, even adults) looking for a historical yet entertaining novel. It's by the same author who wrote Kira Kira. - Victoria C., Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina To buy Weedflower click here. Other books by this author. Write a review and click here to send it in.
West With the Night - Beryl Markham ***** A Mother's Review As a child growing up with her father in Africa, Beryl Markham faced down lions and wild boar. As an adult she trained race horses before learning to fly airplanes and becoming a bush pilot. Eventually she became the first pilot, female or male, to fly west with the night and cross the Atlantic ocean solo from Europe to North America. Markham brings the African bush to life with stories of boar hunts and elephant hunts. Of horse races and airplane flights over desert terrain. She lived a courageous life in a time when girls were only supposed to wear dresses and play with dolls and flying airplanes was a man's job. Highly inspirational to read! There's so much to talk about in mother-daughter book clubs or any book club. How was Markham's life different from so many of the girls in her time? How would her life have been different if her mother was also in Africa raising her? This book is beautifully written; I've read it three times and each reading I glean more and more from it. I highly recommend it for anyone in high school or older. -- Cindy H., Portland, Oregon To buy West With the Night click here. Other books by this author. Write a review and click here to send it in.
Zlata's Diary - Zlata Filipovic ***** A Daughter's Review This is a very good book. It is about an 11-year-old girl named Zlata who lives in Sarajevo and keeps a diary. But pretty soon war breaks out in her country, and an innocent child’s diary turns into a war diary. You read about all of the awful things that war can do to people. If you liked Anne Frank’s diary, then you are sure to like this one. (Don’t worry, she doesn’t die in the end,) In fact, the author, Zlata Filipovic still gives book talks about her wonderful book. The whole group liked it. Highly recommended! - Catherine H., Portland, Oregon Read an interview with Zlata Filipovic. To buy Zlata's Diary click here. Other books by this author. Write a review and click here to send it in.
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