Thursday, July 26th, 2007

The Spoon in the Bathroom Wall by Tony Johnston

Martha Snapdragon has problems. She and her father, Luther, live in the hot and noisy boiler room of the Horace E. Bloggins, the school she attends and where her father is caretaker, and, because her father’s job pays very little, they never quite have enough to eat.
Although Martha works hard at her lessons, and [...]

Sunday, April 15th, 2007

Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick

Twelve year-old Maxwell Kane’s life is transformed when he meets Kevin. Despite the odds, the hulking giant who’s “never had a brain” and the fierce, mouthy genius locked in a crippled two-foot body become friends, and then more than friends. When they discover that, together they are more than the sum of their [...]

Sunday, April 8th, 2007

The Devil, the Banshee and Me by L. M. Falcone

Young Will Trenom is used to crazy. He lives with his rather less-than-normal parents in a bed and breakfast run by Mrs. D and her game-show addicted husband. But even Will cannot understand why someone would want to move into a run-down old cottage that stands in the middle of a cemetery, particularly [...]

Sunday, December 31st, 2006

The Kingdom of the Golden Dragon by Isabel Allende

Commissioned by International Geographic to write an article about the Kingdom of the Golden Dragon, writer Kate Cold decides to invite her 15-year-old grandson, Alex, and his Brazilian friend, 13-year-old Nadia, to accompany her to the fabled and inaccessible kingdom nestled high in the Himalayas. Alex and Nadia are delighted to be reunited after [...]

Friday, December 8th, 2006

The Dragon Prince by Vicki Blum

Young Ember is shocked to find a small human child standing in front of her when she wakes one morning. All she knows about humans is that long ago they had stolen the dragons’ magic, and that her kind and humans have been mortal enemies ever since. When the Herd Father discovers the [...]