The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages

“You have a book on hold on the shelf. Are you getting that?” the librarian asked me. I was over my limit at the check out, and I had already checked the hold… Read More →

My Louisiana Sky by Kimberly Holt

Tiger Ann Parker. 13 years old. Tiger is what she is called in her comfortable rural hometown of Saitter, and Ann is what her Aunt Dorie Kay suggests she goes by in urban… Read More →

Strawberry Hill by Mary Ann Hoberman

The second afternoon of my 2 day weekend is spent yet again reading another children’s fiction; Strawberry Hill. I had picked it up along with Penny From Heaven at the library. Despite trying… Read More →

Penny From Heaven by Jennifer L. Holm

‘Dumb Boy Shot by Own Grandmother‘. That got me laughing out loud, in the real LOL sense of the chat lingo. An eleven year old girl with a cousin who always gets himself… Read More →

Milagros Girl From Away by Meg Medina

Close your eyes and imagine an island in the Carribeans with white sandy  beaches, lush avocado groves, a town with its own farmer’s market, school,  town square filled with laughter and joy. This… Read More →

Escape From Memory By Margaret Haddix

I wished I had known before we moved that the Margaret Peterson Haddix resides in Columbus. I wish I had picked up and read her books while we were there. Not that I… Read More →

Fairest by Gail Carson Levine

I have to admit. I’m not a fan of Fantasy, and I only really read this book because I felt like I had to know what my daughter is reading. I don’t know… Read More →

Rice Without Rain by Minfong Ho

Like wild prairie grass swaying in unison side to side in the light caressing breeze, rice stalks bow submissively to the whims of the wind, very much like those who tend to them;… Read More →

A Faraway Island By Annika Thor

I couldn’t take my eyes off the two girls with dark brown braids on the cover of the book. Sitting on the shelf for New Arrivals, it caught my eyes and immediately I… Read More →