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 [...]
Bibliography: Alexander, Jill S. (2011). Paradise. New York: Feiwel and Friends. ISBN: 978-0312605414 Plot Summary: Paisley lives to play the drums, and sneaks away every day after school to play with a country rock band in her uncle’s airplane hangar. They have hopes of playing in Austin at Texaspolooza and getting out of their small town. [...]
Bibliography: Hooper, Mary. (2011). Fallen Grace. New York, Bloomsbury USA Children’s. ISBN: 978-1599905648 Plot Summary: Penniless orphans Grace and her sister have just barely managed to avoid starving or freezing to death in Victorian London. When Grace gives birth to a still born baby and sneaks it into the coffin of a well to do [...]
Bibliography: Draper, Sharon M. (2010). Out of My Mind. New York: Atheneum ISBN: 978-1416971702 Plot Summary: In many ways, Melody is just like any other 10 year old girl. She likes music and books, craves fastfood burgers, makes jokes, wants to have a best friend to share secrets with, loves her parents and adores her [...]
Bibliography: Oliviera, Robin. (2010). My Name is Mary Sutter. New York: Viking Adult. ISBN: 978-0670021673 Plot Summary: Young Albany midwife Mary Sutter wants nothing more then to study to be a surgeon. But the idea of female doctors is still foreign to most, and no one will take her as a student or apprentice. At [...]
