Dead End in Norvelt
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos Guess you can see I lifted the image off Amazon, huh? THIS has been the singular biggest surprise of all the Newbery books I've read so far on Sabbatical. I LOVE this book! First, the protagonist is immediately likeable, and by the...
Criss Cross
This book may not appeal to everyone. The first chapter made me wonder how on earth it won the Newbery. Second chapter, more of the same. By the third chapter, I was mezmerized. Reading this book was like being immersed in a beautiful flowing stream of...
Fiela's Child
Fiela's Child by Dalene Mathee moved me as only a few books do. I've enclosed the snyopsis from Dalene Matthee's website (though the author passed away in 2005) because once I'd read this, I knew I couldn't summarize it better. It's a book that I was thinking about...
Kira-Kira, by by Cynthia Kadohata, another Newbery
Overview from Barnes and Noble: kira-kira (kee ra kee ra): glittering; shining Glittering. That's how Katie Takeshima's sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. The sky is kira-kira because its color is deep but see-through at the same time. The sea is kira-kira for the...
Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, The Beloved Country is a book that has been on my to-read list since I first started doing intense research about South Africa a few years ago. I finally listened to the unabridged version on CD and finished it yesterday. Part of my hesitation, I guess, is that...
Parsley Tea and Robin Hood
I have a fond memory of drinking parsley tea at ten years of age during a close-down-the school-in-Iowa blizzard. These kinds of memories are what inspired the beginning of the book I'm working on (working title: Who the Frack is Maddie Jackson?). Back on that winter...
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