Tweet These reviews for Songs for a Teenage Nomad by Kim Culbertson were sent in by readers. A Mother’s Review Calle Smith never lives in one place long enough to call it home. While her mother runs from relationships, lonely … Continue reading
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Tweet Ed Kennedy is only nineteen years old, but already he feels his life is going nowhere. He drives a cab, shares a run-down apartment with his coffee-drinking dog, the Doorman, and his social life consists of playing cards with … Continue reading
Tweet Blake has a pretty good life for a high school sophomore. He’s got a girlfriend who loves him and makes him happy, he’s got good friends, and for the most part he likes his classes in school. And he … Continue reading
Tweet Markus Zusak is a storyteller. Whether standing in front of a group that’s come to hear him speak or writing the words to a book, he has the uncanny ability to weave a story that keeps people on the … Continue reading
Tweet Mary Pearson is author of several books for teen readers, the latest of which is The Adoration of Jenna Fox. I recently read this along with my daughter’s mother-daughter book club, and when we finished our discussion we thought … Continue reading
Tweet Patricia McCormick has received much acclaim for the novels she’s written about important topics that people often find uncomfortable talking about. Her latest, Sold, tells the story of a young girl from Nepal who is sold into the sex … Continue reading
Tweet Laura Whitcomb is author of A Certain Slant of Light, a young adult novel that unfolds through the eyes of Helen, a spirit who died long ago but maintains contact with the living world by clinging to a host. … Continue reading
Tweet When her daughter Liz runs away from home on the eve of her 15th birthday, Laura decides to pass the excruciating hours waiting and hoping for her to come back by writing Liz a letter about her own troubled … Continue reading
