Book Review: Margaret Peterson Haddix’s Among the Hidden
In the future families are limited to only two children, so Luke has lived his 12 years in fear, until another convinces him that the government is wrong.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster for Young Readers
Book Review: A. LaFaye’s Worth
Nate must face the truth of his leg, even as Worth regrets that nickel game — both longing for something they no longer have and finding the resources to face the future .
Book Review: Brian Pinkney’s The Adventures of Sparrowboy
Young Henry gets the dream and saves the day in the neighborhood.
Book Review: Jane Yolen’s Waking Dragons
Having fun with those morning activities of getting out of bed and getting ready for the day.
Book Review: Jennifer McGowan’s Maid of Secrets
Orphan Meg Fellowes makes her living picking pockets—until she steals from the wrong nobleman. Instead of rotting in prison like she expected, she’s whisked away to the court of Queen Elizabeth and pressed into royal service, where she joins four other remarkable girls in the Maids of Honor, the Queen’s secret society of protectors.
Book Review: Justin Anderson and Peter Parnell’s And Tango Makes Three
In the zoo there are all kinds of animal families. But Tango’s family is not like any of the others. The true story of two male penguins who became partners and raised a penguin chick in the Central Park Zoo.