What’s on my mp3 player? Elijah of Buxton, by Christopher Paul Curtis. Elijah Freeman is the first child born free in Buxton, Canada West, a settlement of escaped slaves. While life is […]
Elijah of Buxton
Character Races
Earlier this week, YA author Mitali Perkins posed this question on Facebook, Twitter, and then her blog: Should authors describe a character’s race? As a reader, I admit that I tend to […]
Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson
What’s on my mp3 player? Catalyst, by Laurie Halse Anderson. I consider Laurie Halse Anderson to be a Queen of Problem Novels. Now, what is a Problem Novel, you ask? Good question. […]
Impossible
What’s on my nightstand? Impossible, by Nancy Werlin. Impossible was inspired by the folk ballad, “Scarborough Fair,” which, if you listen to even the Simon and Garfunkel version is rather disturbing. Some […]
Nothing in Particular
I recently watched the movie, Catch and Release. The main female character is “Gray,” played by Jennifer Garner. That same day, I cracked open a new novel (which you’ll hear about on […]
A Crooked Kind of Perfect and Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature
What’s on my nightstand? A Crooked Kind of Perfect, by Linda Urban. It was love at first sight when I discovered this title and added it to my Recommended Reading list. I […]
