My daughter loves graphic novels, and I love that they are a quick way to enjoy a story while also absorbing the visual medium used to help convey characters and plot. Winging It follows the ordeals of a girl named Luna, who moves from the comfort of her life in California to Virginia, away from […]
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I picked this book up at a start-of-summer book giveaway at my school, and I chose it because its creepy illustrations and thin spine width seemed appropriate for my kids (elementary age). My kids sometimes like creepy stories, and this one follows a fifteen year old named Billy who is an apprentice at a prison. […]
If you’ve been reading my blog lately, you’ll know that my nine year old has been on a Raina Telgemeier kick, and she likes to discuss books, so I read all the ones she borrowed from the library. When my daughter first explained the premise of Guts, I’ll admit I did not want to read […]
My daughter is obsessed with reading all of Raina Telgemeier’s graphic novels, which she will read multiple times in one day. I have been in the middle of celebrating “Valoween,” which is just my way of celebrating all things Halloween starting on August 1. Anyway. My daughter thought I would love this book, given the […]
Book 2 in the Lily Barlow series follows Lily as she ponders what to do about her future: continue at a college sort of far from home, or stay closer to home, where her recovering father is. (You can read my review of book 1 here. It’s not essential to read book 1 before this […]
I haven’t been that great about leaving reviews for books, but I wanted to review this one. It was recommended to me by a student who was reading it while we were reading The Things They Carried in literature class. The story follows a young woman who signs up to serve as a nurse in […]
While my son was in the library, I decided to pick up a graphic novel from the middle grade/young adult section to read over while he ignored storytime and played with all the hands-on activities in the children’s section. This story caught my eye because of its multicultural elements: it follows a Muslim student who […]
The reason I picked this book up is because I saw an interview with Ben Montgomery about how to encourage high school journalists to improve their interview skills, so I was curious to read a book-length piece by him regarding a woman he researched after her death. The book follows Emma “Grandma” Gatewood, a woman […]
When I was in college, I heard an author speak. I did little research about her before I went to hear her read a passage from her book, When the Emperor was Divine, but I do remember a poignant passage she read about a woman, a shovel, and a dog. I won’t say more, but […]
Original story by Mary Downing Hahn. Adapted by Scott Peterson, Meredith Laxton, and Russ Badgett A while back, I reviewed the original novel Wait Till Helen Comes, though when I first became aware of the title, it was as a graphic novel at a book fair. So of course I had to check out the […]
