Stars: **** This book was read for the What’s in a Name Challenge (the first one) and the Newbery Project. It won the 1977 Newbery Medal. Summary: Why is the land so important to Cassie’s family? It takes the events of one turbulent year – the year of the night riders and the burnings, the… Read More »
The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
December 30, 2008 by ·
Stars: **** This book was read for the Newbery Project (1997) and the Initials Challenge. I read this right after I read From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler which was a while ago so I don’t remember very much. Summary: In this novel, four sixth grade children, Noah Gershom, Nadia Diamondstein, Ethan… Read More »
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
November 7, 2008 by ·
Stars: ****This book is being counted towards the Newbery Project, Initials Reading Challenge, Unread Authors Challenge, Book Awards Challenge, and Young Adult Challenge.Summary: When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn’t just want to run from somewhere, she wants to run to somewhere — to a place that is comfortable, beautiful,… Read More »
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
August 2, 2008 by ·
Stars: **** This book was read for the Numbers Challenge and Newbery Project. Walk Two Moons won the 1995 Newbery Medal. Summary: “As Sal entertains her grandparents with Phoebe’s outrageous story, her own story begins to unfold – the story of a thirteen-year-old girl whose only wish is to be reunited with her missing mother.”… Read More »
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
June 10, 2008 by ·
Stars: ***1/2 This book was read for the Book Awards Challenge, 888 Challenge, Banned Books Challenge, Personal Banned Books Challenge, Decades 08 Challenge, Unread Authors and Newbery Project. Summary: Meg Murry, her little brother Charles Wallace, and their mother are having a midnight snack on a dark and stormy night when an unearthly stranger appears… Read More »
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
June 7, 2008 by ·
Stars: **** This book was read for the Book Awards, Newbery and Back to History challenges. I thought this book was quite good. It’s the story of Kit Tyler, a teenage girl who leaves her home in Barbados to come live with her Puritan relatives in the Connecticut Colony. You can imagine the culture shock… Read More »
Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
June 7, 2008 by ·
Stars: ***** This book was read for the Book Awards Challenge, Newbery Project and Young Adult Challenge. Summary: Growing up on a tiny Chesapeake Bay Island, Louise reveals how Caroline robbed her of everything: her hopes for schooling, her friends, her mother, even her name. While everyone pampered Caroline, Louise began to learn the ways… Read More »
