By Guest Blogger, Elliott Kurta Introduction Elliott Kurta has been reviewing books for me for over two years. It's been a pleasure to watch him develop his writing skills and I was happy to write letters of recommendation for him to attend writing camp this past summer. He attended The Alpha Writers Workshop in Pittsburgh… Continue reading How to Include Emotion in Writing
Book review of JA Nielsen's debut fantasy novel.
REVIEW If you like a ghost/scary story told in a verse format and you're in 4th - 7th grade then the book The Haunting of Lake Lucy is perfect for you. This book was a very well-written horror story for people who like a little spook. The book is about Jayce and Evie who are… Continue reading Ghost Writers: The Haunting of Lake Lucy- A Review by Guest Blogger, Helen Wheeler, and a Giveaway!
REVIEWBen and Scout by Denise Minnerly is the story of two dogs that are best friends and are always together, despite the greatest olds. It is a story about loss written for young children. Ben is old and sick. Scout is young and has only a superficial understanding of Ben’s condition, so when Ben dies, Scout… Continue reading BEN AND SCOUT: A Review by Guest Blogger, Janelle Ekpo
Tears of a Princess by Laura Thomas is the upper middle-grade sequel to the novel Tears to Dancing. It follows the main character’s best friend, Natasha, as she deals with the news of her parent's divorce and accompanies Bethany on a mission trip to Mexico that changes her perspective forever.Although some elements of the novel were… Continue reading TEARS TO PRINCESS: A Review of "Tears of A Princess" by Guest Blogger, Mara Scudder
Please welcome Amanda Moyer, my guest blogger for a review of Kara Linaburg's suspenseful novel, A STUDY IN TERMINAL (Monarch Educational Services, June 2022). REVIEWA Study in Terminal by Kara Linaburg is a young adult novel telling the story of Sean Brogan, a young man trying to face the demons of his past that have haunted his… Continue reading A STUDY IN TERMINAL: A YA THRILLER BY KARA LINABURG
Please welcome a new teen blogger, Georgie Bartlett. You can read about her and the giveaway below her review.REVIEWI thoroughly enjoyed Disconnected (Monarch: 2023) for a myriad of reasons, one of them being that it was an interesting and thought-provoking story from start to finish. Riley Cross has a way of making you feel as if… Continue reading DISCONNECTED by Riley Cross: A Book Review by Guest Blogger, Georgie Bartlett
REVIEW by Mara ScudderAs an avid reader who has no interest in baseball (and sports in general), I fell far from Steve Carman's upper middle-grade audience range. But Southpaw Sully’s characters are irresistible in any genre, and Sully and the rest of the cast pulled me in from the very first page. The author didn’t… Continue reading SOUTHPAW SALLY: A Guest Blogger Review and Giveaway
REVIEWStella (Shadow Mountain, September 2022) is the story of a security service dog with trauma issues. Due to an error while sniffing out bombs at an airport, Stella’s handler was tragically killed in an explosion. Stella survived but is now afraid of everything. A kindly trainer takes her home and entrusts her to the care of her… Continue reading STELLA: A Middle Grade Book Review by Guest Blogger, Josie Murdock + A Giveaway
When I read Greg Pattridge's review of Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone, I recognized a book that Elliott, my teen guest blogger, would probably enjoy. As you'll see in his review, I was correct. Combining aliens, middle school, and bullying, Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone by Tae Keller is an insightful book with an important… Continue reading JENNIFER CHAN IS NOT ALONE– A Book Review by Guest Blogger, Elliot Kurta