Beautiful and engaging, Storyteller is another excellent novel from two-time Newbery Honor-winner Patricia Reilly Giff. Modern-day Elizabeth is likable and relatable, especially in her struggle to fit…
Traitor is a suspenseful and poignant novel set in tumultuous Nazi Germany. When sixteen-year-old Anna decides to hide a Russian fugitive, she never imagines her life could change so instantaneou…
Geraldine Brooks immerses the reader into the village of Eyam and the devastating despair of the plague in Year of Wonders. Voiced by the protagonist, Anna Firth, the style is spot-on for the year 16…
Lucía loves her life in Cuba: a wonderful family, a best friend who loves fashion just as much as she does, a cute boy who seems to return her crush. Everything seems perfect, just what a girl on the …
Bereft is a haunting and emotionally-charged tale aboutone man’s desperate quest for redemption. With poetic wording and vivid scenery, readers will find it easy to envision battle-worn Quinn as he re…
Boston Jane: An Adventure is the first book in an excellent three-part series. Teenage Jane longs to be prim and proper, but she doesn’t know the slightest thing about being a lady. After some hu…
The Battle of Shiloh was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War when it was fought in 1862. Because of the communication of the time those in the east were only told that there was a victory by t…
Crack open Battle Cry and find yourself transported to the wild Minnesota frontier. Tensions between the whites and Dakotas are high, and sixteen-year-old Johnny suddenly finds himself in th…
In R my name is Rachel, award-winning author Patricia Reilly Giff delivers a delightful and touching story about life during the Great Depression. Twelve-year-old Rachel adores life in the city. She s…
Lily’s Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff is a beautiful tale of a young girl’s experiences one summer during World War II. Giff has a great talent for making the characters in her stories feel very au…
The Rivalry: Mystery at the Army-Navy Game by John Feinstein is definitely a sports book first with the mystery playing second fiddle. The story follows two, fourteen year-old, aspiring reporters, S…
It is so difficult to begin new life with someone. If you add to that that the someone you just married is a widower with children, then it gets even more complicated. To add to that mix, you’ll be …
