Tweet Claudette has heard the legend of how the baby-toe-eating giant was banished to the far-away mountain by the marquis of her town so he could never terrorize them again. Longing for adventure, she believes the giant should have been … Continue reading
Category Archives: Reviews of Books for 11-13 Year Olds
Tweet Sarah Kay has been a performing poet since she was 14-years-old. At 22, she is now a slam poet who wrote a powerful note of love for an unborn daughter. First performed at TED (Technology, Entertainment, and Design), “B” … Continue reading
Tweet Here’s a guest book review from author Christina Hamlett. Visit her website for more information about her work, www.authorhamlett.com. Title: Mistress Masham’s Repose Author: T.H. White Publisher: New York Review Children’s Collection (2004) Reviewer: Christina Hamlett What a wonderful … Continue reading
Tweet Thirteen-year-old Zardi is the daughter of the Sultan’s closest adviser. She lives with her family and Rhidan, a ward of the state since he was found on their shores as a babe years ago. Rhidan doesn’t look like anyone … Continue reading
Tweet In the early 1900s a girl named Beryl Clutterbuck was growing up on a ranch in what was then British East Africa. With a mother who had returned to England when she was a baby and a father who … Continue reading
Tweet In The Darlings Are Forever, Jane, Victoria and Natalya, who have been friends for years, were separated for the first time in years when they left the school they attended until 8th grade and each went to different high … Continue reading
Tweet Home for the Holidays is the fifth book in Heather Vogel Frederick’s beloved series, The Mother-Daughter Book Club. By now, the girls of the Concord, Massachusetts book club are almost as well known to readers as the characters in … Continue reading
Tweet Ivy and Eldridge have become fast friends after their adventures in Ivy’s Ever After by Dawn Lairamore. Now they’re trying to enjoy themselves at Drusilla’s wedding when a giant beanstalk with vicious teeth for pods grows into the clouds, … Continue reading
