Rejoice with me! My dream is coming true! My debut novel, The Long Shadow, comes out June 1 from Elk Lake Publishing. It’s an anti-racist novel for kids 10-14. I’ve been wanting to write a children’s book since I was 13!
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Here’s a truly notable book about Sojourner Truth, set apart by its amazing illustrations and its jewel-toned prose.
In this book, J.J. Johnson gives just the right funny touch to the voice of twelve-year-old Iggy, and occasionally to
Iggy and Oz: the Plastic Dinos of Doom by J.J. Johnson, a review Read Post »
Rob Currie’s debut middle grade novel, Hunger Winter, tells a suspenseful tale of brave kids in World-War-II Holland.
Hunger Winter: A World War II Novel by Rob Currie, a review Read Post »
She calls herself a cynic as she copes with her mother, who dotes on a pretty porcelain lamp named Mary Ann instead of her tomboy daughter. And Flora adores comic books, especially those about an unassuming janitor who transforms into a shining light of rescue. Plainly, she’d like her own life to be more like that.
Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo, a review Read Post »
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (2007) is a hot book where middle-schoolers are concerned. It’s a #1 New York Times bestseller, and its sequels are too. Many parents, though, aren’t so thrilled. So what is it about this book that is so appealing to kids?
Diary of Wimpy Kid #1 by Jeff Kinney, a review Read Post »
Rise of the Dragons by Angie Sage (2019), a middle-grade novel and series opener, involves two worlds.
Rise of the Dragons by Angie Sage, a review Read Post »
One thousand refugees from Earth, likely the only survivors, are in a spaceship orbiting a populated planet, hoping for permission
We’re Not From Here by Geoff Rodkey, a review Read Post »
Three Times Lucky, by Sheila Turnage (2012), tells a middle-grade whodunit with the unforgettable Southern voice of a rising sixth-grader,
Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage, a review Read Post »
Sal Vidon, able narrator, is somehow calm when outrageous things are happening. And plenty of outrageous things do happen in
Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez, a review Read Post »
I really enjoy time-slip novels–where two stories are told, one in the past, one in the present, alternating chapters. So
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson, a review Read Post »
This chapter book, The Squatchicorns by Ellen Potter, tells a yarn just for that young reader who likes gentle, fantastic
Big Foot and Little Foot: The Squatchicorns, by Ellen Potter, a review Read Post »
