Book Reviews

Book Review·Jackie French Koller, Reviewed by Allena G. Berry — Someday by Jackie French Koller; Orchard Books: New York, 2002; $16.95 Ever thought about your “someday”? You know, someday you’ll go off to college, someday you’ll get a job, someday...

Book Review·Andrew Clements, Reviewed by Jill Giornelli — The School Story by Andrew Clements; Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers: New York, 2001; $16 Have you ever wondered how children get their books published? I know I...

Book Review·E. W. Zrudlo, Reviewed by Jessica Sashihara — Camellia the Bald by E. W. Zrudlo; Coastal Carolina Press: Wilmington, North Carolina, 2001; $9.95 If someone asks Jon o’Gates a question, he usually talks too much and tends to...

Book Review·Amy Schor Ferris, Reviewed by Martina McLarty — A Greater Goode by Amy Schor Ferris; Houghton Mifflin Company: Boston, 2002; $15 Author Amy Schor Ferris’s latest story, A Greater Goode, is a touching novel about Addie Goode, a...

Book Review·Michelle Y. Green, Reviewed by Anastasia Apostoleris — A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie “Peanut” Johnson by Michelle Y. Green; Dial Books for Young Readers: New York, 2002; $15.99 I love baseball, and I have always...

Book Review·Karen Hesse, Reviewed by By Alexa Bryn — Phoenix Rising by Karen Hesse; Henry Holt & Company: New York, 1994; $16.95 Why do bad things happen to good people? Why do some people live and others die? Isn’t...

Book Review·L. A. Meyer, Reviewed by Julia Kete — Bloody Jack by L. A. Meyer; Harcourt, Inc.: New York, 2002; $17 Sometime in your life you most likely will experience the thrill of getting involved with something and loving...

Book Review·Ana Veciana-Suarez, Reviewed By Joelle Waksman — Flight to Freedom by Ana Veciana-Suarez; Orchard Books: New York, 2002; $16.95 Flight to Freedom by Ana Veciana-Suarez is amazing right from the start. It is definitely a page-turner and...

Book Review·Barbara Elleman, Reviewed By Vivienne Clark — Virginia Lee Burton: A Life in Art by Barbara Elleman; Houghton Mifflin Company: Boston, 2002; $20 I can still remember when my dad read Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel...

Book Review·Carol Weston, Reviewed by Libby Coleman — Melanie Martin Goes Dutch by Carol Weston; Alfred A. Knopf: New York, 2002; $15.95 How would you feel if your parents told you that you were going to Holland for...