Tag Archives: Siblings

Review: One Came Home by Amy Timberlake

Posted on March 25, 2013 by

One Came Home by Amy Timberlake. Knopf, 2013. Currently Available. Genre: Historical Fiction Face Value: This is an excellent cover, the kind of cover that people ask you about, because it’s intriguing. But at the same time, it’s a cover … Continue reading →

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Review: Revenge of the Girl with the Great Personality by Elizabeth Eulberg

Posted on February 21, 2013 by

Revenge of the Girl with the Great Personality by Elizabeth Eulberg. Scholastic, 2013. Available March 1. Genre: YA Realistic Fiction Face Value: The lipstick-written title has been done before, but it’s fitting in this case. This book is all about the … Continue reading →

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Review: A Certain October by Angela Johnson

Posted on October 1, 2012 by

A Certain October by Angela Johnson. Simon & Schuster, 2012. Currently Available. Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction Face Value: This cover is perfect. I love it. I can’t stop looking at it. Were I a librarian or bookseller, this would be … Continue reading →

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Review: Happy Families by Tanita S. Davis

Posted on June 25, 2012 by

Happy Families by Tanita S. Davis. Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. Currently Available. Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction (YA) Face Value: I love this cover. It hints at what the book is about without sensationalizing and it’s simple and clean but still … Continue reading →

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Summer Week Review: Twenty Boy Summer

Posted on June 20, 2012 by

Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler. Little Brown and Company, 2009. Currently Available. Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction (YA) Face Value: It’s not bad, actually. I think the title of this book is terribly misleading, and doesn’t really get at the … Continue reading →

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Review: All These Things I’ve Done by Gabrielle Zevin

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

All These Things I’ve Done by Gabrielle Zevin: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2011 (Currently Available) Genre: Dystopian Face Value: This is a cover that drew me in right away. It features some things I really love. The chocolate heart image … Continue reading →

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Review: Blood Red Road by Moira Young

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

Blood Red Road by Moira Young Margaret K. McElderberry Books, 2011 (Currently Available)  Genre: Dystopia, Speculative Fiction Face Value: Respectable. I had no shame in displaying this cover  while I read it in public, I like the use of color … Continue reading →

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Review: Flora’s Very Windy Day by Jeanne Birdsall, illustrated by Matt Phelan

Posted on December 1, 2011 by

Flora’s Very Windy Day by Jeanne Birdsall. Illustrated by Matt Phelan. Clarion Books, 2010. Currently available. Genre: Picture book Face Value: Captivating! Phelan’s gorgeous artwork is so graceful and animated. There is a terrific sense of movement in this cover … Continue reading →

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