by Barb Langridge | Jul 29, 2010 | Poetry
Clearly, God had a plan for a little girl born of a military man just passing through and a woman who went north and left her to her grandmother. If you watched her, you would have seen a little girl on a farm with no toys and no friends. But she had her grandmother,...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 29, 2010 | Picture Book
In the rural South back in the early 1900’s, schools for African American children were leaking, crumbling or non-existent. A man named Mr. Rosenwald, who just happened to be the President of Sears and Roebuck, read Booker T. Washington’s UP FROM SLAVERY...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 29, 2010 | Humor
Bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author Louis Sachar knows how to make readers laugh. And there are laughs galore in perennial favorite Wayside School Is Falling Down! Yum! Miss Mush is dishing out her famous Mushroom Surprise in the Wayside School cafeteria. Ron...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 28, 2010 | Action / Adventure
The seas rise to drown the Earth, leaving inland cities as islands, the remaining humans desperate to survive. Everyone knows that X Isle is the best place to be, where the salvage divers bring up food and supplies from sunken shops and stores. The Ecks family trades...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 28, 2010 | Fiction
“Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme . . . must be a true love of mine.” The refrain from Scarborough Fair echoes through the mind of 17 year-old Lucy Scarborough as she prepares for her first date with Gray, a date to the prom. Instead of true love, Lucy finds rape,the...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 27, 2010 | Science Fiction
16 year old Col Popentine knows his future. He’ll succeed his grandfather as the Supreme Commander of the Juggernaut, Worldshaker. He will be the elite of the elite on the ship that measures over 2 miles long, ¾ mile wide and 53 decks high. His future is...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 25, 2010 | Fantasy
What is the ultimate magic? Where can you find it? Tensed for battle, the greatest dragon to ever fly the skies of Avalon, Basilgarrad, is watching the horizons for the approach of the enemy. A strange and powerful evil has seeped into the realms of this sacred land,...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 25, 2010 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Paul and Kate fell in love, had sex and Kate got pregnant. She didn’t want to have the baby and Paul moved away never to be seen or heard from again. Kate had the baby and now that baby is her teenage daughter, Josie. Mother and daughter are very close and...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 25, 2010 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Counselor Nak, Mr. Nakatani, has a new job.In a jurisdiction covering three school districts, there has been a streak of tragedy in the past year with two suicides and “one major racial incident.”“Kids will make it if they get a chance to work things through” is the...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 25, 2010 | Action / Adventure
Storm Warning is a mesmerizing story of intrigue, double-crossing, adventure, loss and self-discovery. Amy and Dan are led to the Caribbean in search of the next clue, but they find more than just the clue. Dan and Amy learn the truth about their splintered Cahill...
