While I enjoyed the characterization of a young teenage father I thought the tragic part of this was way over the top. When I got done, I felt like I had been manipulated and didn't care for that. The chapters alternate between the present and the past, and while it was obviously something was ... VIEW POST
“Postcards from No Man’s Land” by Aidan Chambers
This lovely book was the award winner in 2003. It was first published in the US in 2002, but was originally published, presumably in the UK. It won a long list of awards that I think were well deserved. It has both the elements of a good story with interesting characters that are compelling to ... VIEW POST
“A Step from Heaven” by An Na
I had to laugh as I looked through some of the other reviews of this book -- many of them started off the same way I thought I probably would -- something like "This started really slow, but I enjoyed it more as it progressed." There were also quite a few reviews, at least on the first page, that ... VIEW POST
Time for 2001 — “Kit’s Wilderness” by David Almond #printzproject
After a week of work, reading other stuff, and life, I finally finished the 2001 Michael L Printz Award Winner, Kit's Wilderness by David Almond. And by "finally" -- I mean it took me all week to get through it, because it started so slowly for me. I think I had a bit of a bias, having found ... VIEW POST
Reading outside my comfort zone: “Monster” by Walter Dean Myers #printzproject
Monster is my first Walter Dean Myers. I read a lot of YA, but I trend more towards the SFF, and the occasional contemporary romance. I felt a little unsettled reading this book -- when you read a romance, you know that in the end, the girl is going to end up with a guy, but the entire way through ... VIEW POST
