Looking for Alaska by John Green — Getting back at the school snobs, coming out of your shell, developing friendships, honoring the dead — who knew how useful (or meaningful) pranks could be? The Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn … Continue reading
The Keeper of the Isis Light by Monica Hughes — Appearance doesn’t matter much when you’re the only human on your planet. And maybe new environments require different standards of beauty. But that doesn’t help you when colonists arrive with … Continue reading
The BFG by Roald Dahl — The poor big friendly giant has only one thing to eat in Giant Country: the “extremely icky-poo vegetable” called the snozzcumber. When Sophie takes a nibble it, she can’t help but spit it out. … Continue reading
Ronia, the Robber’s Daughter by Astrid Lindgren — Loved this book as a kid. Two feuding robber clans, capable of both great humor and great cruelty, and their robber children. The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke — Scipio uses his … Continue reading
I’m going to try from now on a new sort of Friday Five feature. Each Friday (unless there’s something really important to post about, or I happen to feel particularly five-ish on a different day) I’ll post five books (usually … Continue reading
From the jacket: Lia and Cassie are best friends, wintergirls frozen in matchstick bodies, competitors in a deadly contest to see who can be the skinniest. But what comes after size zero and size double-zero? When Cassie succumbs to the … Continue reading
