Bibliography: Lo, Malinda. (2009). Ash. New York: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. ISBN: 9780316040099
Plot Summary: Having lost first her mother and and then her father to a mysterious illness, broken-hearted Ash is forced to do her stepmother’s bidding, but longs to return to the woods near her family home and dreams of being captured [...]
Bibliography: Ness, Patrick. (September 2009). The Ask and the Answer. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press. ISBN: 978-0763644901
Plot Summary: When Todd and Viola’s desperate flight comes to an end in Haven, they do not find the sanctuary they were hoping for. Instead, they are met by their enemy, Mayor Prentiss who “welcomes” them to New Prentisstown. He [...]
The Idea: Ron Douglas was working as a finance manager for J.P. Morgan Chase when his wife challenged him to make Kentucky Fried Chicken at home. He turned to the Internet, but found only incomplete or not very accurate recipes. He did discover a whole group of people, who like him, were trying to clone [...]
Bibliography: Hale, Shannon. (September 2009). Forest Born. New York: Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books. ISBN: 978-1599901671
Plot Summary: Rin is restless, she loves her mother and her extended family but she doesn’t feel at home in the forest with them anymore. When her city-dwelling brother Razo comes for a visit, she begs to go back with him. [...]
Bibliography: Editors of Southern Living Magazine, Foreword by Pat Conroy. (2009). Southern Living Comfort Food. Birmingham, AL: Oxmoor House. ISBN: 9780848732660
Review: Southern Living Magazine is one of the definitive sources for Southern recipes, hospitality and entertaining for it’s readers. Each recipe is tested and only the highest-rated recipes make it into the magazine and homes [...]