Tweet Today I’m excited to feature a new historical novel by author Amy Timberlake. It’s called One Came Home, and it tells the story of a 13-year-old Wisconsin girl’s quest for the truth during a crisis in her family in … Continue reading
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Tweet Here is a A conversation with Jessica Maria Tuccelli, author of Glow. You may also be interested in my review of her book. Glow is steeped in the geography and folklore of northeast Georgia and Southern Appalachia, yet you … Continue reading
Tweet In southern California on the eve of World War II, Maddie and Lane go against each of their family’s wishes and marry. Although Maddie is white and Lane is a Nisei, an American born to parents who emigrated from … 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 Martha Allen is 22 and well past the age when her family started to think of marriage for her. But her hard disposition has attracted no man who would marry her, and so she is sent to live with … Continue reading
Tweet Here’s a guest review by author Christina Hamlett. Title: Witch Dreams Author: Vivian Vande Velde Publisher: Marshall Cavendish (2008) Genre: YA Fantasy Where do we really go when we dream? Do we revisit, re-examine and/or reinvent the past? Do … Continue reading
Tweet Emmajin chafes at the restrictions that would keep her from joining the army. Her grandfather is the Great Khan Khubilai, and she would like nothing more than to please him with her skills at archery. Instead of spending time … Continue reading
Tweet Author Nigel Hinton grew up hearing how his grandfather left his large, poor family from Poland at the age of 11 to seek his way in the world. His book, Walk the Wild Road, fictionalizes the family legend and … Continue reading
