Young Adult Fiction: Bumped by Megan McCafferty. One word review: BLECH. Sabotaged by Margaret Peterson Haddix. Torn by Margaret Peterson Haddix. Good entries in this time travel series for middle grade readers. Code Name: Verity by Elizabeth Wein. Semicolon review here. War Horse by Michael Morpurgo. Semicolon review here.
Adult Fiction: Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz. Semicolon review here. The Summer of Katya by Trevanian. Semicolon review here. Bridge of Scarlet Leaves by Kristina McMorris. O.K. but not a favorite. Dorchester Terrace by Anne Perry. Typical Anne Perry. I think I’ve outgrown or just become tired of this particular series of Victorian-setting mysteries. Or Ms. Perry is becoming repetitious and boring.
Nonfiction: Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss: How an Unlikely Couple Found Love, Dodged the FBI, and Transformed Children’s Literature by Philip Nel. The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home by George Howe Colt.
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I’d love to hear more about the Crockett / Krauss book!
I’d love to hear more about the Crockett / Krauss book!