Tweet Speaking up for ourselves in important matters seems like it should be easy. After all, if we can’t say what we like, dislike, or won’t accept, who will do it for us? Yet, many people have trouble doing this. … Continue reading
Category Archives: Book Reviews
Tweet Nora Alpers likes making observations and collecting facts, particularly about the ants in her ant farm. As a budding scientist, she knows that facts can be used to draw logical conclusions. Nora is happy to help her friends take … Continue reading
Tweet Avery and her brother have always played make-believe games to pass time during summers at their grandma’s house in the country. But one summer Blake announces he’s too old for the games, and Avery isn’t sure what to do … Continue reading
Tweet Summer’s life is seriously messed up. She’s been kicked out of four boarding schools and she can’t make herself care much about doing the work she needs to do to graduate from her current school in Paris. With her … Continue reading
Tweet Today I’m taking part in a blog tour for The Trouble With Ants, Book 1 of the Nora Notebooks series by Claudia Mills. I loved Zero Tolerance (see my review), also by Mills, and I will be posting a … Continue reading
Tweet Today I’m taking part in the Heads Will Roll blog tour for a book by Dawn Ius, Anne & Henry. Ius has freshened up the historical tale for modern teens, and I have one copy of the book to … Continue reading
Tweet Fans of graphic novels and real life stories plucked from the history books should be drawn to read Captive of Friendly Cove: Based on the Secret Journals of John Jewitt. I have Chapter 8 to share so readers can … Continue reading
Tweet Managing the conflicting priorities of work, marriage and motherhood often calls for a juggling act that can stress even the most calm women, who are often told that being successful at all three is just a matter of balance. … Continue reading
