Book Review: Jeannette Walls’ The Glass Castle
An inside look at a family which is deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant with a brilliant father who drinks too much and a free spirited mother too self-absorbed to notice her kids.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Book Review: Robert Burleigh’s The Adventures of Mark Twain by Huckleberry Finn
A tall tale comparison of the similarities between Huck Finn’s and Mark Twain’s early years that slides into an easygoing conversation about Mark Twain’s life.
Book Review: Kate Feiffer’s My Mom is Trying to Ruin My Life
Everyone has only nice things to say about my mom. But if they only knew how embarrassing she is! It’s like she is trying to ruin my life…
Book Review: Jennie Wren’s Slicker McQuicker and Friends
Slicker McQuicker and Friends offers two short stories featuring Slicker McQuicker — who may have funny ears, but he’s a very good fellow — who laughs and laughs with his heart full of joy.
Book Review: Christina Lauren’s Dating You / Hating You
It’s bad enough Carter and Evie are competing high-powered agents, but then their firms merge with their boss determined to sabotage Evie, and Carter caught in the middle.
Book Review: Lee Child’s MatchUp
Eleven short stories in a matchup of fiction and thriller writers — a man and a woman pairing — revolving around a blend of the main characters in each pair of authors’ series.
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: Jennifer Estep’s Snared
The Spider herself snared in someone else’s web…all because a friend’s sister has gone missing. And the body only intensifies their fears for the girl still gone.
Book Review: Bill Martin, Jr’s Ten Little Caterpillars
Follow the [mis]adventures of ten little caterpillars as they explore the world in this inventively illustrated picture book for two- to six-year-old readers.
Book Review: Brian Pinkney’s The Adventures of Sparrowboy
Young Henry gets the dream and saves the day in the neighborhood.