Buffalo Gal was one of my favorite books when I was young. So when I recently discovered it on my bookshelf, I had to see if it was as good as I remembered. Happily, I wasn't disappointed!
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Being a fan of all things Jane Austen, I tend to find myself picking up any and all 'off-shoots' from the original that people tend to write. This novel, being based around Lydia--the youngest a…
With perhaps the coolest cover and the coolest title I have encountered in a long time, The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger is irresistible. "Pick it up, you must."&nbs…
At the beginning of this story the main character, Jamie, was an average Joe with a crush on a black sheep called Caro, who he knew was completely out of his league. In his pursuit of Caro, he went on…
Going Underground is an interesting and atypical coming-of-age story about a boy who was forced to grow up way too early. Del and his girlfriend made what they thought was a responsible choice and he …
The Dead Gentleman by Matthew Cody has possibly everything. Orphan...check. Vampire...check. Zombies...check. Time travel...check. Splash of steampunk...check. Homage to Jules Verne...check. Di…
Sweet Caroline is a book full of ups and downs, twists and turns, and mixed decisions. Caroline seems to make every decision more than one time. She chooses between staying at the diner and takin…
While the subject of this book is depressing, Vaught did an amazing job of not making it too heavy. I didn't expect to laugh but she included a lot of humor to lighten the mood a bit while not detract…
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Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt is everything that a great, middle grade fiction book should be. It has themes, symbolism, complex and interesting characters, character develo…
Ever wondered if you have what it takes to be like the pioneers of old?In Sudden Darkness, author Margot Hovley places the world under terrorist attack. With the United States government in disar…
Perfectly voiced! Frances O'Roark Dowell nails it in her young adult novel Ten Miles Past Normal. Janie Gorman is an authentic character and hilarious to boot. By the end of pag…
What would you get if you took the wit and period setting from a Georgette Heyer novel, rewrote it to have a plucky twelve-year-old heroine, and added in a dash of magic? Kat, Incorrigible! …
