Bibliography: Patron, Susan. 2006. The Higher Power of Lucky. Ill. by Matt Phelan. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. ISBN: 9781416901945. Plot Summary: Lucky is a ten year old girl who has lost her mother, gained a guardian, holds several jobs in her small desert town, and is searching for her Higher Power. Lucky [...]
Bibliography: Cushman, Karen. 1995. The Midwife’s Apprentice. Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books; Made available electronically by NetLibrary, p1996. Plot Summary: The story opens with a young girl who is orphaned, homeless, and has no name. She is eventually called Brat, then Beetle, and finally through her trials and tribulations deems herself worthy of a real [...]
Bibliography: Cushman, Karen. 1995. The Midwife’s Apprentice. Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books; Made available electronically by NetLibrary, p1996. Plot Summary: The story opens with a young girl who is orphaned, homeless, and has no name. She is eventually called Brat, then Beetle, and finally through her trials and tribulations deems herself worthy of a real [...]
Bibliography: Klages, Ellen. 2006. The Green Glass Sea. New York, N.Y.: Viking. ISBN: 0670061344. Plot Summary: In 1943 the world was occupied with war and almost-11 year old Dewey Kerrigan was waiting for her father to pick her up. Instead, Dewey finds herself transported by cars and trains from St. Louis to a city in [...]
Bibliography: Sones, Sonya. 2007. What my girlfriend doesn’t know. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. ISBN: 9780689876028. Plot Summary: Robin Murphy is a reluctant outcast among his high school peers, so much that his last name has become a synonym for “loser”. However, he does have one thing going for him – his [...]
