Stars: **** This book was read for the Young Adult Challenge and the Reading My Name Challenge This book falls under the Reading my Name challenge because Kit’s real name is Kathleen, like mine. Summary: At first Eliza is happy with her new life at boarding school. But a bond begins to develop between Eliza… Read More »
There Will Be Wolves by Karleen Bradford
February 13, 2008 by ·
Stars: ***1/2 This book is the 1992 winner of the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award. It was read for the Canadian Book Challenge and Young Adult Challenge. Summary: The daughter of an apothecary and the owner of a secret book of healing arts, Urusla is determined to become a great heler – but… Read More »
Misfit McCabe by L K Gardner-Griffie
February 13, 2008 by ·
Review first published at Front Street Reviews. Stars: **** Katie McCabe is a 14 year old girl who wants to be known for who she is and not by the McCabe family name. Katie lives with her dad, the sheriff of their town. Katie is a bit of a rebel. She is always getting into… Read More »
Walking a Thin Line by Sylvia McNicoll
February 13, 2008 by ·
Stars: ***** I chose this book because I picked it up at a library sale but I’m 95% sure I’ve actually read this once before. This is also the first 5 Star book of 2008. (Even thought it’s not the first 5-star review posted.) I also read this for the Casual Reading Challenge and Young… Read More »
Through a Brief Darkness by Richard Peck
November 19, 2007 by ·
Stars: ***** This book was read for the Reading the Author challenge. I had major Deja Vu when reading this book. I think I may have read it before but I couldn’t remember what happened before it happened so if I did, it was many years ago. This is the first Richard Peck I’ve ever… Read More »
The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
November 19, 2007 by ·
Stars: ****1/2 I watch The Halloween Tree cartoon every year and thought it was about time I read the book. Synopsis: On Halloween night, eight boys run to meet their friend Pipkin at a haunted house outside town. Instead they find the big and deathly Mr. Moundshroud. Pipkin is swept away by a dark something… Read More »
Death in Kingsport by Curtis Parkinson
November 18, 2007 by ·
Stars: **** I received this book to review from Tundra Books. Summary: When 14 year old Neil’s uncle Chester dies, Neil is lonely. At his uncle’s cremation, he hears thumping in the coffin just as it’s put into the flames. Could Uncle Chester be alive? So Neil starts an investigation. A disembodied voice in an… Read More »
