Hold Still by Nina LaCour Caitlin is coping with the recent suicide of her best friend Ingrid. Caitlin is devastated. Then she finds Ingrid’s journal that Ingrid left in Caitlin’s room. Slowly through the journal and learning about why Ingrid felt the need to take her own life, Caitlin is able to put her own [...]
In January, I had the privilege of participating in a Mock Caldecott Award at the Johnson County Library. Librarians from the metro area and the public were invited to participate. We read quite a few great picture books. I’m just getting around to getting this post published. Our winner was Alphabeasties by Sharon Werner with [...]
After by Amy Efaw So good! I’ve been recommending it to everyone. An excellent audiobook narrated by Rebecca Soler, who also narrated Lock & Key by Sarah Dessen. Devon was an honors high school student until the morning that everything changes. The police find a newborn baby abandoned in a trash dumpster near Devon and [...]
Numbers by Rachel Ward Published February 2010 by Chicken House/Scholastic Inc. Review copy provided by publisher. What if you knew the day that someone, everyone would die? Could you live with that secret? Jem lives with the burden of knowing everyone’s numbers. She’s known about the numbers since she was a little girl. In her [...]
How to Say Goodbye in Robot by Natalie Standiford Published October 2009 by Scholastic Press. Review copy provided by publisher. The pink cover is deceiving. There are some girls who will really like this book that won’t pick it up because of the pink cover. This is the story of Bea and Jonah. They become [...]
