Book Reviews

Book Review·Ann Rinaldi, Reviewed by Sajeda Ahmed — Numbering All the Bones, by Ann Rinaldi; Hyperion Books for Children: New York, 2002; $15.99 Only once in a very long time is a book published that is truly a...

Book Review·Maurine F. Dahlberg, Reviewed by Anya Josephs — Play to the Angel by Maurine F. Dahlberg; Farrar, Straus and Giroux: New York, 2000; $16 The most memorable book I have read in a long time is Play to...

Book Review·Sid Fleischmann, Reviewed by Alec Ahrens — Jim Ugly, by Sid Fleischman; HarperTrophy (reprint edition): New York, 2oo3; $6.99 If you like mysteries and suspense/adventure books, then Jim Ugly is the book for you! Twelve-year-old Jake Bannock’s...

Book Review·Li Keng Wong, Reviewed by Mallory Xiaohe McFarland — Good Fortune, My Journey to Gold Mountain, by Li Keng Wong; Peachtree Publishers: Atlanta, Georgia, 2006; $14.95 Have you ever read a book that grasps you from the first page...

Book Review·Linda Sue Park, Reviewed by Richard Chung — Project Mulberry, by Linda Sue Park; Clarion Books: New York, 2oog; $16 “That’s great but what about here?” That’s the question I used to ask myself whenever my mom bragged...

Book Review·Sarah Weeks, Reviewed by Isabel Bartholomew — So B. It by Sarah Weeks, HarperTrophy: New York, 2005; $6.99 So B. It is possibly one of the most moving, wonderful, descriptive books I have ever read. In this...

Book Review·Curtis Parkinson, Reviewed by Nicholas Rao — Domenic’s War: A Story of the Battle of Monte Cassino, by Curtis Parkinson; Tundra Books: Toronto, 2oo6; $9.95 At the mention of war, some of the first images that come...

Book Review·Ellen Kluges, Reviewed by Katherine Tracy — The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages; Viking Children’s Books: New York, 2006; $16.99 Suze reached in and picked up a book, riffling the pages with a thumb. The Boy...

Book Review·Marian Hale, Reviewed by Adiel Schmidt — Dark Water Rising by Marian Hale; Henry Holt Books for Young Readers: New York, 2006; $16.95 Do you know somebody who survived a natural disaster or a big storm? Well,...

Book Review·Carolyn Meyer, Reviewed by Kelsey May — Loving Will Shakespeare by Carolyn Meyer; Harcourt Children’s Books: New York, 2006; $17 History is a great topic. When you combine that with William Shakespeare, the greatest poet in Europe,...