Film & Book Reviews
Jun 09 2009
Tanita S. Davis
In this young adult novel, hard-to-impress teenagers Octavia and Tali take the road trip of a lifetime with their unconventional grandmother.
Sep 04 2006
Katherine Paterson
This absorbing novel takes place during the infamous 1912 “Bread and Roses” strike in the textile mills of Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Jan 01 2004
E. L. Konigsburg
The Rose brothers, Morris and Alexander, are Jewish immigrants from Hungary who share a jewelry business and a house. They have also collaborated for 45 years on building three towers of scrap...
Jan 22 2000
Laurie Halse Anderson
Five preteen kids—Maggie, Sunita, Brenna, Zoe and David—tell their stories of volunteering at a veterinary clinic in Pennsylvania.
Oct 01 1993
Jane Cutler, with full-color illustrations by Susannah Ryan
Young Darcy doesn’t like her new baby brother, especially the way he monopolizes her parents’ time and attention.





