Read this because it was the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2012. Totally didn't get it. About a boy who is searching for his brother and gets hooked up with a troupe of theatrical goblins and attempts to save his city from a flood. The whole way through, I felt I was mis...
I tried to finish this for at least a year before I finally gave up and admitted that it wasn't my thing. I felt like I should read it since it won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature a couple years ago, but I guess the lesson here is that I shouldn't feel like I need to read A...
Review by ShellyGhoulish Song is a companion to Goblin Secrets as the two books run side by side. So if you read my review about Goblin Secrets you could probably understand my trepidation on reading this one. I have to say though that I enjoyed this one a lot more. The story follows Kaile who...
The phone was ringing. He stumbled downstairs. “Hello?” he said to the phone once he had found it. He wasn’t fully awake yet. His only goal was to get the phone to stop ringing, and saying hello was how he got it to stop. “Hello, my heart,” said his mother. For one strange moment Gabe thought it ...
LUCY: Why not? RICKY: What about your French? LUCY: What about my French?! RICKY: Well, Paris is a big city, and not knowing the language, you’re liable to get in a lot of trouble. —I Love Lucy, 1956 P...
. . Friendship is not so simple.— Albert Camus “Eeek!” Anne had screamed that fateful day as she opened the refrigerator door. She jumped clear across the room, fulfilling the foreboding I always have upon returning home after a vacation. As I approach our street, I oft en think I smell smoke, co...
It led him across the beach and into the forest of silver leaves and oddly angular branches. His clothes dried quickly while he walked. None of the other ambassadors seemed to notice the sound. He wondered if anyone else could hear it. The summons ceased when he stepped into a small clearing and ...