Review: The Martha’s Vineyard Beach and Book Club by Martha Hall Kelly

Tweet Version 1.0.0 It’s 1942, and everything is about to change for the Smith family on Martha’s Vineyard.  Brother Tom is off to war, leaving sisters Cadence and Briar to look after their farm and their grandmother. He also leaves … Continue reading

Review: Fantastic Flora by Ann McCallum Staats

Tweet Most times we leave our homes, we encounter plants of some kind. Flowers, shrubs, and trees are present even in urban environments. But few of us think about how these plants grow and attract pollinators and reproduce in a … Continue reading

Review: Kaua’i Storm by Tori Eldridge

Tweet When Makalani returns to family’s home on the island of Kaua’i for her grandmother’s birthday, little does she know that she has a mystery to solve: two of her cousins are missing and no one seems concerned except her. … Continue reading

Review: Wolf Girl Into the Wild by Ahn Do

Tweet Version 1.0.0 An unknown threat forces Gwen and her family and everyone she knows to flee. Packing bare essentials, they set out in their car, and so does everyone else from their town. When the threat catches up to … Continue reading

Review: Spelling It Out by Margaret Finnegan

Tweet Ben Bellini gets the Spelling Bee bug when he becomes his school’s champ and advances to regionals. That’s where he finds out that people take the competitions seriously, and most contestants study for them. Ben’s friends don’t really get … Continue reading

Review: When Stars Align by Melissa de la Cruz

Tweet Miranda, Germaine, and Sicily met as teens on the set of a popular kids show. They basked in the attention they received, though their outward success and wild times captured by paparazzi hid the challenges they went through in … Continue reading

Review: Maybe Just Ask Me! by Katie Mazeika

Tweet It’s not unusual for kids (or adults) to not know what to say when they meet someone with an obvious disability. Author Katie Mazeika wants to change that with her picture book, Maybe Just Ask Me! The story follows … Continue reading

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