About twenty-five years ago, give or take a few years, my papaw’s mind began to fail. Because I was young, an unencumbered college student with an “easy” part-time job and no other family responsibilities, I was available to help out with him. I would spend the night with him and my granny, sitting up with … [Read more…]
Once upon a time I imagined we’d be that family. You know the one: the one where we all just get along famously, with no childish hijinks or tweenage angst or teenage ennui or parental impatience about. It turns out, we’re human after all, subject to the fits and foibles that make us just that: … [Read more…]
I wanted to read The Spy Catchers of Maple Hill by Megan Frazer Blakemore after reading Sherry’s and Stephanie’s reviews and because it is a Cybils middle grade fiction nominee. This piece of middle grade historical fiction has a bit of mystery thrown in, and it’s one with an ending that surprised me and … [Read more…]
I enjoy reading books written from the perspective of kids with exceptionalities. When I read Sherry’s review of Ann M. Martin‘s newest book, Rain Reign, I knew I had to read it. Children with autism/high functioning autism/Asperger’s are one of my own niche reading interests, so Rose Howard, the main character in Rain Reign, fits the bill. … [Read more…]
Y’all know I love a book with hope as a theme, right? Hope Is a Ferris Wheel by Robin Herrera is obviously such a book–it even has the word hope in its title. This middle grade novel reminds me a lot of Linda Bauer’s (here, here, and here), only the problems in this problem novel are … [Read more…]
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