Bibliography:
Ness, Patrick. September 2008. The Knife of Never Letting Go. Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press. ISBN: 9780763639310
Plot Summary:
It would not be incorrect to say that this is the story of a boy and his dog. If that boy lived in a settlement on another planet and the dog could talk that is. Todd Hewitt lives with [...]
22 Aug, 2008
Posted by: Susan In: Adult Lit
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Peters, Elizabeth. 1973. Borrower of the Night. New York: Dodd Mead. ISBN: 978-0396067696 Reissued paperback: 978-0061656071
It might be a stretch to call this a “forgotten book,” since Elizabeth Peters (also writing as Barbara Michaels) has remained very popular with readers. But more so for her Amelia Peaody series. There are soon to be six entries [...]
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Noyes, Deborah. August, 2008. The Ghosts of Kerfol. Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press. ISBN: 9780763630003.
Plot Summary:
In Kerfol, Edith Wharton tells the story of Anne de Barrigan, a French woman who was accused of murdering her overbearing older husband. She claims to have heard a pack of dogs near his body in the dark, although there were [...]
13 Aug, 2008
Posted by: Susan In: Adult Lit| Children's Lit| Teen Lit
It is that time of year again. When you want to sit on the porch and drink lemonade. When kids are out of school and play outside in the street for hours after supper. When it’s time to watch So You Think You Can Dance. I have been obsessed with dance since I was small. [...]
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Werlin, Nancy. September, 2008. Impossible. New York: Dial Books. ISBN: 978-0-8037-3002-1
Plot Summary:
At 17, Lucy Scarborough has a pretty normal high school life: she runs track, consoles her best friend when she has boy problems, and is looking forward to the junior prom. But she also has a mother who is literally crazy, showing up at [...]