Book Review: Close by Erika Raskin

Tweet The Marcheson family is slowly coming undone. The parents are divorced, and Kik, the mom, is afraid she’s about to lose her teaching job. The oldest daughter is skipping school, doing drugs, and angry most of the time. The … Continue reading

Book Review: The Categorical Universe of Candice Phee by Barry Jonsberg

Tweet Candice knows she sees things a little differently than most people. She also knows she’s a truth teller—she says what needs to be said whether it’s polite or not. When she gets an assignment to write about something that … Continue reading

Book Review: Rhyme Schemer by K. A. Holt

Tweet Kevin is the youngest of five boys, and it seems to him that his parents have no time to think about him. One of his brothers bullies him, and he in turn takes it out on other kids in … Continue reading

The (Almost) Perfect Guide to Imperfect Boys by Barbara Dee

Tweet Finley and her best friend Maya thought it would be a cute idea to categorize the boys in their middle-school classroom according to how they behaved. Tadpoles were boys who still acted immature for their age, croakers were showing … Continue reading

Book Giveaway & Review: Friendship Over by Julie Sternberg, Illustrated by Johanna Wright

Tweet Today I’m part of a blog tour to introduce a new series for young readers: The Top-Secret Diary of Celie Valentine and its first book, Friendship Over. As part of the tour, I have one copy to give away … Continue reading

Book Review: I Am the Mission by Allen Zadoff

Tweet The last person anyone would suspect of being an assassin is a teen, which is why Boy Nobody is usually so successful on his missions. He goes into a situation, eliminates the target, and moves on. But he found … Continue reading

Book Review: Just Call My Name by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Tweet Sam and Riddle are finally feeling safe after they spent years moving from place to place with their paranoid schizophrenic father. Their dad is behind bars, and they have found a home with the family of Sam’s girlfriend Emily. … Continue reading

Book Review: I Kill the Mockingbird by Paul Acampora

Tweet When Lucy, Michael and their friend Elena are talking about how people don’t read as much as they used to, they come up with a plan to make Lucy’s favorite novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, red … Continue reading

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