Sometimes I get the idea that maybe I’ll be able to find the next Harry Potter or Hunger Games before anyone else. Well, this wasn’t it. Dark Water is touted as a Romeo and Juliet type romance between a modern-day California teenager whose father has recently walked out and one of her uncle’s Mex...
Winner of the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Children's LiteratureA New York Public Library Book for the Teen AgeWinner of the 2004 Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading ListWhen fifteen-year-old Mick Nichols discovers a secret about his stepmother, he comes obsessed with uncovering the truth. But...
It continues to amaze me that books by these incredibly talented authors are so hard to find in bookstores and libraries. Crooked, an ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults, captures with startling verisimilitude the voices of the young people who populate this story set in a small town in upsta...
Crushed was written by Laura and Tom McNeal. The book, published by Alfred A. Knopf, is 308 pages. The cover is a picture of three maids, which are best friends. By looking at the book cover I made a prediction that these three little maids would find themselves finding hatred in between their fr...
Lana closes the door to her room, sits on the bed, and tries to stay perfectly still, as if by doing this she might become a rock or stick or bone, something free of thought and feeling, but she isn’t rock or stick or bone and through the walls she hears a toilet flush and then she hears the wate...
“Sorry,” he said. “It’s okay. Want to order something?” The line to pay for food was gargantuan. “Nah,” he said. “You can have half my sandwich, if you want.” He wasn’t that hungry. “I feel so terrible,” Camilla said. “I couldn’t sleep last night.” He didn’t say, Join the club. He didn’t want to ...