Sunday, February 10th, 2008

Murphy and Mousetrap by Sylvia Olsen

Nine year-old Murphy Jones has lived in the same apartment with his mother, Lisa, and his cat, Mousetrap, for as long as he can remember. Though his mom worries that he doesn’t spend enough time with other boys his age, and her job doesn’t pay well enough for many trips to restaurants or the [...]

Monday, February 4th, 2008

The Big Snapper by Katherine Holubitsky

Ten year-old Eddie lives with his mother and grandparents in Haida Gwaii, known by non-Natives as the Queen Charlotte Islands, along the coast of British Columbia. With his best friend, Jake, Eddie hikes up to Spirit Lake, where they have built a raft, helps Jake’s mother gather berries and plants to make traditional medicines, [...]

Friday, January 11th, 2008

Tom Finder by Martine Leavitt

The first thing Tom remembers is walking, his back and backside screaming in pain. He has forgotten everything that came before, family, friends, school, his last name. In his backpack he finds a notebook with notes about Mozart and a candy heart imprinted with the words You are nice, so he concludes that [...]

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

Stolen Away by Christopher Dinsdale

Captured during a Viking raid on her Irish village, Kiera is taken to Iceland where she is auctioned off as a slave to Bjorn and his wife Dagmar. When they join a small group of Norse settlers looking for richer fishing and hunting grounds and fertile land in which to plant crops, Kiera finds [...]