Bibliography: Slade, Arthur. (September 2009). The Hunchback Assignments. New York: Random House Children’s Books. ISBN: 9780385737845
Plot Summary: Mr. Socrates rescued Modo from traveling freak show when he was just a baby. He recognized his special morphological skill, and had him trained as an agent for his secret society in Victorian London. Together with another teen [...]
Bibliography: Smith, Andrew. (September 2009). In the Path of Falling Objects. New York: Fewiel and Friends. ISBN: 9780312375584
Plot Summary: Jonah and Simon are on a road trip, but it isn’t a teenage lark. Abandoned by their mother, out of food and water, they pack the little precious possessions they own and set out across the [...]
Bibliography: Fucile, Tony. (2009). Let’s Do Nothing. Somervlle, MA: Candlewick Press. ISBN: 9780763634407
Review: I don’t usually review picture books, but when this one showed up in my mailbox, I was so tickled by it that I wanted to share it with just about everyone I know. (My mom has already gone out and bought a [...]
Bibliography: Calame, Don. April, 2009. Swim the Fly. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press. ISBN:978-0763641573
Plot Summary: 15 year old Matt and his two best friends are excited about this summer. Every year they set a new goal to reach, and this year its a doozy–to see a real-live naked girl even though none of them have ever [...]