What I was reviewing in May 2008: Supernatural Rubber Chicken: Fowl Language by D.L. Garfinkle, illustrated by Ethan Long. From my review: “The best thing about some books is the title says it all: Supernatural. Rubber. Chicken. I mean, c’mon, it doesn’t get better than that, does it? OK, twins Nate and Lisa, 10, are [...]
What I was reviewing in May 2009: Being Bindy by Alyssa Brugman. From my review: “Bindy is experiencing the worst. year. ever. Yet she manages to get by. For one thing, while Bindy may not be as “grown up” as Janey and her new group of friends, Bindy doesn’t care. When things began going bad [...]
Time to flashback to what I reviewed in May 2011! Real Live Boyfriends (Yes, boyfriends, plural. If my life weren’t complicated, I wouldn’t be Ruby Oliver) by E. Lockhart. From my review: “Ruby Oliver is now a senior and has a real! live! boyfriend! Everything is terrific, until Noel goes away to visit his brother [...]
What I reviewed in April 2006: The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner. From my review: “Costis is a loyal guard to his Queen, the Queen of Attolia. Like most loyal Attolians, he is angry that The Thief of Eddis has manipulated his way into becoming the husband of the Queen and is now [...]
A flashback to what I was reading in March 2007. The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin. From my review: “Matthew tells his story to his younger sister, Emmy; the story of their lives when Emmy was still small. When Matthew, Emmy, and their sister Callie lived with their mother and dreamed of escape. Nikki, their [...]
A flashback to what I was reading in March 2010. Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn. From my review: “Wait Till Helen Comes is a scary as hell ghost story about not one, but two, mean little girls. Is there anything more terrifying than an evil child? How about an evil child that everyone [...]
A flashback to what I was reading in February 2007: John Lewis In the Lead: A Story of the Civil Rights Movement by Jim Haskins and Kathleen Benson, illustrated by Benny Andrews. From my review: “History cannot be hidden because it is violent or unfair or difficult; and Lewis proves a role model who acts, who tries to [...]
A flashback to what I was reading in January 2007. Please note, a lot of picture books! Crazy Cars for Crazy Kids by Mark David. From my review: “Cars. Crazy cars. Cars that should be made; but never will. . . . These cars are very Caractacus Potts and Rube Goldberg-esque, full of details that are bizarre, impossible, and fun.” [...]
A flashback to what I was reading in January 2010: All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon and Marlee Frazee. From my review: “The poem itself is deceptively simple; describing a day in the children’s lives, but also describing all of us. It shows what we share and have in common. The illustrations (pencil and watercolor) [...]
I’m flashing back to reviews from years past. Here is what I was reviewing in December 2005. The Sacrifice by Kathleen Benner Duble. From my review: “Abigail Faulkner is ten years old, living in Andover, Mass. The year is 1692. She’s high spirited and speaks her mind, sometimes a bit too much, especially since she [...]
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