Stars: **** I read this book for the Numbers challenge and Young Adult Challenge. I stumbled across this book while searching for books through my library catalogue. I’m glad I did, it’s a great teen book. Summary: “So when his friends take it upon themselves to get him a date to the prom by placing… Read More »
The Overnight by R.L. Stine
July 28, 2008 by ·
Stars: **** I read this book for the Heart of a Child, Read It Again and Well-Rounded challenges. I read lots of R.L. Stine as a kid and teen, both Goosebumps and Fear Street. I love R.L. Stine’s stories, even the ones where you can tell what the ending will be. It’s just enough scariness,… Read More »
Summer of Changes by Ann Alma
July 15, 2008 by ·
Stars: ***1/2 I read this book for the Book Awards and Canadian Book Challenges.It won the Silver Birch Regional Award. This was a pretty good book. The premise was interesting, and a subject not often written about as far as I’ve seen. Annekke’s mother has Schizophrenia and she is back living with her after a… 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 »
Looking at the Moon by Kit Pearson
May 11, 2008 by ·
Stars: **** This book was read for the 888, Young Adult, Back to History, Book Awards and Reading My Name challenge. This book falls under the Reading my Name challenge because Kit’s real name is Kathleen, like mine. NOTE: This is the second book in a trilogy. The others are: The Sky is Falling and… Read More »
The Sky is Falling by Kit Pearson
May 11, 2008 by ·
Stars: ****1/2 This book was read for the Reading My Name, Book Awards and Back to History challenge. This book falls under the Reading my Name challenge because Kit’s real name is Kathleen, like mine. NOTE: This is the first book in a trilogy. The others are: Looking at the Moon and The Lights Go… Read More »
Swimming in the Monsoon Sea by Shyam Selvadurai
April 13, 2008 by ·
Stars: ***** I received a copy of this book to review from Tundra Books back in the Fall but it slipped into the back burner of books to read. Now that I’ve read it, I wish I had read it sooner! I’m counting it towards the Book Around the World and Young Adult Challenges too.… Read More »
