To Stay Alive: Mary Ann Graves and the Tragic Journey of the Donner Party by Skila Brown was shortlisted for the poetry category of the 2016 Cybils. It is a novel-in-verse that chronicles the experiences of one of the actual members of the Donner party, the group of settlers who left their Midwestern homes for California … [Read more…]
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick is one-quarter Civil War story and three-quarters gollywhopper, as told by one Homer P. Figg. Homer must be close kin to Huckleberry Finn, for he gets into and out of as many scrapes as Huck Finn, and with the same devil-may-care attitude. Of course, … [Read more…]
I read Sacajawea by Joseph Bruchac because I wanted to make sure it is an appropriate read for my fifth grader (and probably my third grader, who wants to read everything her big sister reads. I don’t pre-read most of what they read–not by a long shot–but I felt that this one needed previewing). Also, I … [Read more…]
It is with great pleasure that I share with you this Read Aloud Thursday Deborah Hopkinson‘s newest picture book, Knit Your Bit: A World War I Story. We have long been fans of Hopkinson’s work here at Hope Is the Word, so when this opportunity presented itself to get a sneak peek at her … [Read more…]
It took me longer to read Dead Reckoning, a work of historical fiction for young adults, than it has taken me to read anything in a long, long time, which isn’t a reflection of the book at all, but rather on where my mind has been (or more accurately, where it hasn’t been). This piece … [Read more…]
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