Anyways, A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park actually made me think about limited water resources and the Sudan. I literally haven’t thought all that much about the Sudan since my junior year of college when I saw The Devil Came On Horseback.
Book Review: The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall by Mary Downing Hahn
April 4, 2011
I would classify The Ghost Of Crutchfield Hall by Mary Downing Hahn as historical fiction horror. The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall is a very brief middle grade book chock full of orphans, servants, a mean old lady, and a ghost. 12 year old Florence’s parents died in a boating accident when she was very young. […]
Review: Hunger by Jackie Morse Kessler
October 25, 2010
Lisabeth Lewis does not have an easy go of it. Plagued by an inner demon known as the thin voice, Lisa is anorexic. Food occupies the vast majority of her thoughts.
Love, True Love: A Guest Post by Kersten Hamilton
August 22, 2010
Hi, April! Thank you for having me on your blog today! I am very excited about being here, because I am in the midst of writing Book Two of the Goblin Wars, and I realized that I NEED STORY!!! My heart is craving it, but it’s a hunger I can’t feed by sinking into a novel […]
Review of Annexed by Sharon Dogar
June 16, 2010
Were you assigned Diary of A Young Girl in school? If not, I am willing to bet you know who Anne Frank was and all about the annex. We all know Anne’s ultimate fate,but it doesn’t make her diary any less touching. Knowing the ending doesn’t detract from the emotional impact. Annexed by Sharon Dogar tells the […]
Review of A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
May 31, 2010
Mattie Gokey dreams of a life where she is not bound by the confines of her small Catskills town. This beautifully worded historical fiction novel, A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly explores feminism, education, familial duty and the crossroads between being a girl and a woman. If it was possible to get a crush on […]