For his eleventh birthday, James Pompaday receives a pen-and-ink set from his artist father who is divorced from his mother. James doesn't know what to do with the set but a beetle named Marvin, who lives in the Pompaday's New York City apartment, decides to give James a present of an original dr...
Marvin is a beetle with a gift. He lives with his family in the walls of a New York City apartment, where one night he finds art supplies and discovers his artistic gift by drawing an amazing picture of the scene outside the window. While the boy, James, who lives in the apartment knows that it's...
Masterpeice is a very well writen book and surprisingly didn't bore me even with this odd plot point since the whole book is bacicly centered around a cricket. It was written so you can picture clearly what the cricket could see, what challanges he had to face, what friends he made, etc. so read ...
Elise Broach does an excellent job of weaving together various legends about the Superstition Mountains just outside of Phoenix, Arizona-- including the one about the Lost Dutchman Mine. Children will be reading an exciting tale of adventure, but they'll also be absorbing the deeper subjects of h...
Broach's first book about James and his friend Marvin the beetle was written for quite a different audience. This new book is the start of "The Masterpiece Adventures" and it is delightful--just don't recommend it to older kids who read Masterpiece. Perfect for good second grade and early third...
Shakespeare’s Secret’s main character is Hero Netherfield, a 6th grade girl who is trying to adjust to a new school. She is an outcast that contrasts greatly to her outgoing, pretty sister Beatrice. Both girls get their names from the Shakespearian play Much Ado About Nothing, which is a favori...
Desert Crossing by Elise Broach is a great novel which combines perfect amounts of mystery and romance. This book was written to entertain teenagers and young adults with amusing scenes and mysterious dilemmas. Throughout the book, the reader can enjoy entertaining character dialogue as well a...
She had decided to wait until the last possible minute to go in. That way, maybe she could avoid the morning chatter and whatever else lay in store for her. As the other kids crowded past her, she tried to look engrossed in the bulletin board, haphazardly covered—just before Parents’ Night—with e...