by Joanne | Jan 15, 2012 | Mystery
16 year-old Callie spends her summers in New York with her Uncle Harry who works with rare manuscripts. When Callie finds a hidden diary in the margins of a rare book she is drawn into a summer of intrigue and romance. Her uncle introduces her to August who helps her...
by Joanne | Jan 15, 2012 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Nora’s dad has gone to Texas to find work to support the family but promises that he will be back for her 15th birthday quinceanera celebration. It is now three years later and the money has stopped coming and they have not heard from papa for a long time. Nora leaves...
by Joanne | Jan 13, 2012 | Historical Fiction
What a beautiful novel in verse!! If you or someone you knows is a historical fiction aficionado or a teen who loves this genre, put this book in their hands…. Question: What sank the Titanic? How many died? Would it be hard or easy to imagine this disaster?...
by Joanne | Jan 3, 2012 | Action / Adventure
Korman continues the 39 Clues saga with another great adventure for Dan and Amy. They head to Italy to find the famous Caravaggio painting of the Medusa to save their cousins from the Vespers, who have kidnapped one member of each Cahill family. The younger Cahills...
by Joanne | Jan 3, 2012 | Picture Book
Young lad buys a rhinoceros for a pet. Finds out the rhino does not perform as other pets. Then one day a bank is robbed and rhinoceros is definitely a hero that day. Fun story — family love at its best!! Recommended by Frank Hodge, Emeritus Booktalker of...
