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 [...]

Sunday, August 19th, 2007

Max the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick

Maxwell Kane has size seventeen feet and a body to match. Though only fourteen, he towers over most adults, and sometimes frightens them with his sheer size. But Max is a gentle giant, slow to talk, fearful of bullies and taking the initiative, and terrified that, one day, he is going to turn [...]