2013 middle grade novels Archives

P.S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia

November 18, 2013 by Amy 1 Comment

The story of Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern Gaither continues in P.S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia. This story picks up immediately where One Crazy Summer leaves off–with the Gaither girls returning to Brooklyn from their visit with their radical mother, Cecile, in Oakland, California. P.S. Be Eleven brings up a lot of issues of the 1960s … [Read more…]

Wednesdays with Words–Tangle of Knots by Lisa Graff

August 7, 2013 by Amy 1 Comment

I thought I’d share this wonderful metaphor mixed up with some word play from a new juvenile book I’m reading, A Tangle of Knots by Lisa Graff. I’m not sure what I think about the book as a whole yet, but this metaphor-and-word magic is genius: Truth be told, Toby didn’t talk much. Reserved, … [Read more…]