by Alan Gratz Dee is sixteen years old and made his way into World War II by fudging his birthday. Now, he is at D-Day, preparing to land on Omaha Beach. Samira's mother works with the French Resistance. After a sudden turn of events, Samira finds herself mixed up in the Resistance, working behind German … Continue reading Book Review: Allies
March Recap
I'm just going to take a wild guess here and say that March took a turn that none of us really saw coming. The world decided to turn upside down a little bit. Dystopian authors should be taking notes about how people react to pandemics. Especially about the lack of toilet paper. Now, I don't … Continue reading March Recap
Keeping a Writing Mindset When You Can’t Actually Write
If you've been around here lately, you probably already know that due to the current business of my life, I've haven't been writing lately. Words have not been going down on paper. However, I've been doing my best to keep myself in the writing mindset. I don't want to return to writing and then suddenly … Continue reading Keeping a Writing Mindset When You Can’t Actually Write
Book Review: The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden
by Karina Yan Glaser When Mr. Jeet, the Vanderbeekers' upstairs neighbor, suffers from a stroke, the Vanderbeeker children have to do something. They have to try and help Mr. Jeet get better! In an attempt to prepare a surprise for Mrs. Josie and Mr. Jeet when Mr. Jeet is released from the hospital, the Vanderbeeker … Continue reading Book Review: The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden
February Recap
Goodness! February went fast! Then again, it is a shorter month. But still! Reading Recap I read sixteen books in February. Several of them were about the RMS Titanic, since I am writing a paper on the Titanic for school. All of the research I am doing may or may not lead to me writing … Continue reading February Recap
Book Review: Tiger Queen
by Annie Sullivan Kateri waits for the day when she will be able to claim her mother's crown. All she has to do is defeat a few more suitors in the arena and she will have proven her right to rule. Once she is queen, Kateri will be able to avenge her mother and baby … Continue reading Book Review: Tiger Queen
Book Review: Words on Fire
by Jennifer A. Nielsen Audra lives in Lithuania in 1893, under the rule of Russian Cossacks, who are determined to stripe Lithuania of what makes it Lithuanian. Audra avoids the soldiers by staying at home with her mother, even though she wishes to go with her father on his trips as a magician. Her parents' … Continue reading Book Review: Words on Fire
