Title: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Author: Sherman Alexie Published: 2007 Genre: Young Adult Rating: 4 of 5 After some prompting from a teacher, Arnold Spirit, Jr. decides to leave his reservation’s high school and enroll in the neighboring community’s all-white high school. All he really wanted was a better education, but [...]
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Review – The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Posted in Fiction, Review, Young Adult on August 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Book Club Review – The Book Thief
Posted in Book Club, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Review, Young Adult on July 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Title: The Book Thief Author: Markus Zusak Published: 2005 Genre: Historical Fiction, Young Adult Rating: 5 of 5 (re-read) The Book Thief is, hands down, one of my favorite reads. Ever. I have been a Book Thief evangelist for the past year, trying to tell everyone I know that they must drop everything and go [...]
Review – The 13 Clocks
Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, Review, Young Adult on July 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Title: The 13 Clocks Author: James Thurber Published: 1950 Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Rating: 3 of 5 The 13 Clocks is a fairy tale-like story about an evil and cold Duke, his captive and beautiful niece-Princess, and the mysterious stranger who seeks to marry her. To free the Princess, the stranger must complete an impossible [...]
Review – The Witches
Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, Review, Uncategorized, Young Adult on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Title: The Witches Author: Roald Dahl Published: 1983 Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Rating: 3.5 of 5 The Witches is about a young orphaned boy who learns about witches from his grandmother, a retired witch hunter. His grandmother teaches him how to distinguish witches from other normal women, and soon, the boy finds himself hiding and [...]
Review – Chains
Posted in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Review, Young Adult on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Title: Chains (audiobook) Author: Laurie Halse Anderson Published: 2008 Genre: Historical Fiction, Young Adult Rating: 4 of 5 Chains was my first introduction to Laurie Halse Anderson, and I am beginning to understand why she is the current darling of the Young Adult world. This book tells the story of Isabel, an orphaned slave girl [...]
Review – Walk Two Moons
Posted in Fiction, Review, Young Adult on June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Title: Walk Two Moons (audiobook) Author: Sharon Creech Published: 1995 Genre: Young Adult, Fiction Rating: 4 of 5 Salamancha Tree Hiddle is a thirteen year old girl on a road trip with her grandparents in search of her mother who left to rediscover herself. To pass the time in the car, Sal tells the drama-filled [...]
Review – A Northern Light
Posted in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Review, Young Adult on May 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Title: A Northern Light (audiobook) Author: Jennifer Donnelly Published: 2003 Genre: Young Adult, Historical Fiction Rating: 3 of 5 I sometimes worry that I miss things by listening to the audio version of a book. In this case, I suspect that the audio version of A Northern Light created a different impression for me than [...]
Review – The Graveyard Book
Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, Review, Young Adult on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Title: The Graveyard Book Author: Neil Gaiman Published: 2008 Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Rating: 4.5 of 5 I have enjoyed Neil Gaiman’s books in the past, so when The Graveyard Book won this year’s Newbery Award, I quickly added my name to the growing list at my library. Eventually my turn came and, after wrestling [...]
