As mentioned briefly here, I am joining Amber at The Literary Wife in an informal reading challenge of sorts as we read and blog our way through the top 100 children’s books as voted on by readers of Elizabeth Bird’s A Fuse #8 Production.
Boston, L. M. (1954). The Children [...]
16 Mar, 2010
Posted by: Susan In: Teen Lit
Bibliography: Ellsworth, Loretta. (2010). In a Heartbeat. New York: Walker Books for Young Readers. ISBN: 9780802720689
Plot Summary: Two teen girls who have never met will be forever connected. When 16 year old figure skater Eagan misjudges a jump in competition and hits her head on the boards, 14 year old Amelia, dying from congestive heart [...]
Bibliography: Cameron, Julia. (2008). Mozart’s Ghost. New York: St. Martin’s Press. ISBN: 9780312369118
Plot Summary: Thirty-something Anna moves from Ann Arbor to New York where she teaches elementary school, hangs out with eccentric Harold and man eater Stacy, dreads visits from her twin brother, eats in the Greek diner, does laundry while reading tabloids and, oh, [...]
19 Aug, 2008
Posted by: Susan In: Teen Lit
Bibliography:
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 [...]