Bibliography: Pearce, Jackson. (2011). Sweetly. New York: Little Brown Young Readers. ISBN: 978-0316068659 Plot Summary: As a child, Gretchen all but watched as her twin sister was taken by a witch in the woods. Brother Ansel could do nothing either. They kept waiting for the witch to return for them. Many years later, their stepmother kicked [...]
Bibliography: Coben, Harlan. (1998). One False Move. New York: ISBN: 0385323697 Plot Summary: Basketball star Brenda Slaughter is as beautiful as she is tough. Twenty years ago, Brenda’s mother disappeared, and just as she is set to join the women’s pro basketball scene, her father disappears too. She reluctantly agrees to accept sports agent Myron Bolitar’s [...]
Bibliography: Goode, Laura. (2011). Sister Mischief. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press. ISBN: 978-0763646400 Plot Summary: Esme may be the only white Jewish lesbian teen in her Minneapolis suburb, but she has found her place with her 3 best friends performing in Sister Mischief, laying down hip hop beats and rhymes. The girls decide to protest when the school [...]
Bibliography: Watkins, Steve. (2011). What Comes After. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press. ISBN: 978-0763642501 Plot Summary: When her veterinarian dad dies, 16 year old Iris goes to live with her Aunt Sue and Cousin Book she has never really met. They don’t understand Iris, a vegetarian and animal lover. When Iris sets two baby goats free to prevent their [...]
Bibliography: Fluke, Joanne. (2011). Devil’s Food Cake Murder. New York: Kensington. ISBN: 978-0758234919 Plot Summary: Still torn between dentist Norman and detective Mike, Hannah Swensen manages to stumble over another body in between baking and serving cookies at The Cookie Jar. The visiting minister winds up dead, and the only witness is a mynah bird squawking ”The Wages [...]
