Tweet I review a lot of books for mother-daughter book clubs, and likeability is my least important guideline for what I recommend. Why? Because after years of being in book clubs with my daughters, I know that it’s rare to … Continue reading
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Tweet Here’s another great review by guest reviewer and author Christina Hamlett authorhamlett.com. Reviewer: Christina Hamlett Title: The Agency 1: A Spy in the House Author: Y.S. Lee Publisher: Candlewick (2011) Genre: YA Whenever a new mystery series comes out, … Continue reading
Tweet Here’s a guest book review from author Christina Hamlett Title: The Agency: The Body at the Tower Genre: YA Mystery Author: Y.S. Lee Reviewer: Christina Hamlett Publisher: Candlewick (2011) Where was author Y.S. Lee back in the days when … Continue reading
Tweet Jeremy thought he was doing Professor Twitchett a favor by running errands for him after the professor and Agatha have a falling out. But when the professor disappears leaving Jeremy with what appears to be a jackalope and suited … Continue reading
Tweet Everyone in Tua’s little village in Thailand loves her. She weaves her way among the market stalls while her mother is at work, getting attention from vendors her know her as their little “peanut.” But when Tua sees an … Continue reading
Tweet Skye’s dream is to make it onto the advanced soccer team for summer near her home in the Washington, D.C. area. Hiroshi wants nothing more than to enter his first kite-flying competition in his small town in Japan. Neither … Continue reading
Tweet “Are you usually prompt, or do you 10d 2 be l8 and keep others w8ing?” “What is the lati2ude and longi2ude of where you live?” This combination of words and numbers comes from a great new book for young … Continue reading
Tweet The run that gave the marathon race its name was actually part of a much longer trek that the runner was making to save Athens from an invasion by the Persians. The graphic novel Marathon, by Boaz Yakin and … Continue reading
