by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Oct 21, 2014 | Book Review
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...
by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Oct 21, 2014 | Blog, Book Review
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...
by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Oct 11, 2014 | Blog, Book Review
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...
by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Sep 30, 2014 | Blog, Book Review
I loved this book. The author, a medical school professor, goes into immense detail about surgical procedures, which is fascinating but sometimes gets a bit long. The story and the characters, the setting in Ethiopia, and the interweaving of characters’ lives is...
by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Sep 30, 2014 | Book Review
I liked this book, but I didn’t love it. I am not sure if that’s because I’ve read so many books about South Africa that this one offered me nothing new under the sun. I think I was hoping for something about the child’s perspective while...
by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Sep 29, 2014 | Book Review
Crispin: The Cross of Lead has been on my reading list since it won the Newbery eleven years ago. I’ve read some other work by AVI, and I admire his writing. This was the perfect book to read back-to-back with Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! In fact, I read this one...
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