Kathryn Lasky, author of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole books, begins another epic tale from the animal kingdom with the first book in her Horses of the Dawn series: The Escape. In it, Lasky again demonst…
The Mother-Daughter Book Club is the first book in a series of six books that bring together four girls and their mothers to dive into a classic book, with the first book club selection being Little W…
I don't know why I hesitated to read The Lifeboat when it was first released--perhaps because I thought it was in a time period that I wasn't interested in, or maybe I just had an abundance …
What lurks deep below the streets of our cities, in the damp sewers and dark passages twisting and turning in a maze of blackness?--Perhaps rodents and other wild animals. Maybe, just maybe, a horrifi…
Jeremy Johnson Johnson lives a quiet, simple life of schoolwork and seclusion in a bookstore that he and his father own. Having been dubbed as "weird" by other children in his town, he doesn't ha…
Though this book is slight in size, be warned that it is heavy in its message. Others of My Kind deals with the tough subjects of child abduction and abuse; abandonment and homelessness.
Smart and …
There is not really a great deal positive to be said about The Basement Quilt by Ann Hazelwood. The characters in the story were boring, flat, and uninteresting. Sadly, it was ob…
Lucy Beck-Moreau feels like a failure--not only to her family and friends, but to herself and her fans. At one time, she was a well-known pianist; but after a tragedy that leaves her heartbroken and u…
I have read most of Susane Colasanti's books, and recently have been a little disappointed in them. The last few seemed cliche and typical, nothing like the unique writing from this author that I had …
New York Times bestselling author Fannie Flagg brings laughter and tears with her latest novel, The All-Girl Filling Station. Flagg manages to keep the story cohesive and compelling despite alter…
The Saturdays is one of those books that takes you back to what seems to have been simpler times. This book is set in the later 1930's in the heart of New York City. We get to know the four Melen…
Secrets, relationships, sickness, and travel. When two old friends reunite for the first time in years, they have no idea what lays ahead in the weeks to come. Set on the island of Quinnipeague, a pla…
