Lexie
Upcoming Release – May 24, 2011 This is an uplifting story about a young girl that changes during a summer at the beach. This is a different summer with her parents now divorced…
The Summer I Learned to Fly
Upcoming Release – July 12, 2011 This is fascinating story about a young girl, Drew and her relationship with a very friendly, strange boy named Emmett. Throughout the story she finds out small…
The Life of Glass
This thought provoking novel handles an adolescent’s struggle with loosing a father with grace and finesse. Scattered throughout the book are bits of advice and gems of wisdom that Melissa remembers from her…
Angel in My Pocket
A coin found by Bette, and expected to be worthless, turns out to bring good luck to not only Bette but 3 others. This is a story about the everyday life of four…
Sellout
This book is an excellent one. Of all the books I have read and reviewed this year, this is the first one that I can easily say I would give five stars to….
The Properties of Water
This is a beautifully written story about Marni, a 12-year-old girl whose sister is injured in a diving accident. Since cliff diving is popular at Lake Powell among teens in Utah, it serves…
One Crazy Summer
Winner of the 2011 Coretta Scott King Award * Winner of the 2011 Scott O’Dell Historical Fiction Award * A 2011 Newbery Honor Book * 2010 National Book Award Finalist
The Dreamer
Winner of the 2011 Belpré Award Long before the meteoric rise of Pablo Neruda, Nobel Prize-winning poet and one of the most important literary figures of the 20th century, there was a sensitive…
