by Barb Langridge | Sep 23, 2011 | Paranormal
Captivating, mesmerizing, romantic, and steamy, girls who loved the Twilight and Shiver series have something new to devour. Paranormal fans who have craved a satisfying and scorching new romantic read need not search further. This is not just another vampire book,...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 23, 2011 | Picture Book
A little girl named Soo Min is about to arrive in America to be adopted by her new family. She speaks no English and her family only knows four words of Korean. But magically there is something in her new home that makes her feel good… the cat or as they say in...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 22, 2011 | Picture Book
What a great fall picture book and a perfect read aloud for a group of kids…. and they’ll need to listen closely. In this rhyming and rhythmic brightly colored book everything is switched around. Listen closely…. “Apples turn orange. Pumpkins...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 22, 2011 | Non-Fiction
From the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor-winning team behind WHAT TO DO ABOUT ALICE?, a humorous and intimate portrait of the most celebrated writer in America, as told by his thirteen-year-old daughter. Susy Clemens thought the world was wrong about her papa. They saw...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 22, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Anke’s father is abusive to her brother and sister. But not to her. Because, to him, she is like furniture— not even worthy of the worst kind of attention. Then Anke makes the school volleyball team. She loves feeling her muscles after workouts, an ache that reminds...
by Joanne | Sep 22, 2011 | Picture Book
Tumford is a messy cat, but that’s not his main problem. He refuses to say he’s sorry and hides after every mishap. His elderly parents love him unconditionally anyway, but make him promise to apologize for any future messes if they take him to the fair. Tumford...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 20, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Roylin Bailey is living a nightmare—and it’s all his fault. It started when the new student, Korie Archer, arrived in his history class. She was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen, and unlike most people at Bluford High, she seemed to like him. But when...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 20, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
This story is about Cindy Gibson, a Bluford freshman who first appears in Lost and Found. Cindy struggles with a stormy relationship with her mother, ongoing trouble at school, a dangerous boyfriend, and worse. Will her fragile family survive?–from the publisher...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 20, 2011 | Fantasy
The first book in the acclaimed and award-winning New York Times bestselling trilogy. The Girl of Fire and Thorns is a remarkable novel full of adventure, sorcery, heartbreak, and power. “I stayed up until two a.m. reading this last night. Intense, unique. . . ....
by Barb Langridge | Sep 19, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Fourteen-year-old Jonathan lives with his alcoholic mother and eight-year-old sister Julie in Ireland. Life is tough-there is never enough to eat and Jonathan’s mother’s behavior is unpredictable, but things are bearable until Jonathan’s grandmother dies. Now, the...
