Book Review: Shock Point by April Henry

Tweet Sixteen-year-old Cassie is being kidnapped by two men in a van parked in her driveway. She fights like mad until her mother shows up with a suitcase, letting Cassie know she’s being sent off to a school for troubled … Continue reading

Book Review: Surviving High Society by Elizabeth Mulholland

Tweet From the outside anyone would have thought Elizabeth Marvin had the perfect life: a wealthy family, an expensive education, extravagant vacations, and more. But hiding behind the perfect façade was a deeply troubled childhood for Elizabeth and her brother, … Continue reading

Book Review: Runaround by Helen Hemphill

Tweet Sassy is only 11 but she can’t wait to grow up and be noticed by boys. Especially since her older sister Lula seems to attract the kind of attention Sassy wants. She figures if she can convince the best-looking … Continue reading

Book Review: The Color of Earth by Kim Dong Hwa

Tweet The Color of Earth is the first in a trilogy of graphic novels about a young girl named Ehwa and her widowed mother who owns a tavern in a small Korean village. The story takes place in a time … Continue reading

Book Review: The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams

Tweet Book Review: The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams Kyra is a normal teen in many ways. She likes to read, she helps out with her family, and she has a crush on a boy who lives just down … Continue reading

Book Review: Jane in Bloom by Deborah Lytton

Tweet Twelve-year-old Jane has always been in awe of her big sister, Lizzie, who is perfect in so many ways. But there’s nothing Jane can do to help when Lizzie’s obsession with being thin spirals into unending arguments with their … Continue reading

Book Review: Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates

Tweet Madeleine and I read Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates for our book club in March. We thought it would be a good idea to read the book and then see the movie, but once we finished the book no … Continue reading

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