Entries Tagged as 'Early Adult'

Swan Song

June 21st, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY I can’t imagine a more ambitious project than creating a book of children’s poems and illustrations to pay tribute to species of animals now extinct — and yet, J. Patrick Lewis and Christopher Wormell have accomplished just that in Swan Song. Without speaking down to the reader or resorting to sing-songy […]

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Operation Redwood

May 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Operation Redwood is a delightful, fast-paced and absorbing novel about twelve-year old Julian Carter-Li. Julian’s complicated family situation finds him living with his uncle, head of giant investment company, IPX, and his uncle’s family in San Francisco. One day, Julian reads an email not meant for his eyes, and an entire […]

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Wurst Case Scenario

December 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Wurst Case Scenario is a young adult novel chronicling the coming-of-age of a young vegan woman as she moves from her hometown in Colorado to begin college in Wisconsin.  Author Catherine Clark does an excellent job of letting us eavesdrop in on her character, Courtney Van Dragen Smith, as we witness […]

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