There are many bloggers and book reviewers who do an excellent job of critiquing all of the wonderful YA books that are out there; so I’m just going to give my quick reviews of a few YA books I’ve recently read. I tend to pick up books that I would’ve typically liked in my teenage… Continue reading Young Adult Reviews: Summer 2013
Category: Young Adult Historical Fiction
The Red Scarf Girl Review
Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution So, I actually won a copy of this book on a Goodreads giveaway (Find me on Goodreads here – I’m addicted to it!) and was very excited to get it in the mail. This book is breathtaking in its window into China during a volatile and scary… Continue reading The Red Scarf Girl Review
Al Capone Does My Shirts
Al Capone Does My Shirts Goodreads says: A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards’ families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister. Today I moved to a twelve-acre rock covered with cement, topped with bird turd… Continue reading Al Capone Does My Shirts
A Long Way to Chicago
A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck Goodreads says: And there’s more, as Joey and Mary Alice make seven summer trips to Grandma’s — each one funnier than the year before — in self-contained chapters that readers can enjoy as short stories or take together for a rollicking good novel. In the tradition of American… Continue reading A Long Way to Chicago