What’s on my nightstand? Sweethearts, by Sara Zarr. Jennifer Harris and Cameron Quick are social outcasts and best friends. They are subjected to relentless bullying at school, and at home, Jennifer is […]

What’s on my nightstand? Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley. I saw a movie version of this when I was a teen or twenty-something. I happened upon it, didn’t know what I […]

What’s on my mp3 player? The Adoration of Jenna Fox, by Mary E. Pearson. I put this book right up there at the tippy top with Margaret Peterson Haddix’s books for Wildly […]

What’s on my nightstand? Ironman, by Chris Crutcher. I love this book! Seventeen-year-old Bo Brewster knows how to push–himself and others. He maintains a grueling schedule to train for a triathlon while […]

What’s on my mp3 player? The Wish List, by Eoin Colfer. The Wish List opens with fourteen-year-old Meg Finn dying. As she drifts through the tunnel to the afterlife, her aura glows […]

The first week this blog was dark, I was out and about, kayaking, watching glaciers calve and create mini-tsunamis, peering down deep crevasses and trying hard to not fall in, etc. The […]