Of all the books about the holocaust that I’ve read, I’m not sure if I’d actually recommend I Am a Star, Child of the Holocaust by Inge Auerbacher.  Which to my knowledge might be the first...

Purple Heart by Patricia McCormick is the type of book that I can not recall reading anything similar to it's subject matter: that of a 18- year-old soldier in Iraq. I'm sure they are out...

In full honesty and transparency I was a little excited to receive Dork Diaries: Tales from a NOT-SO-Fabulous Life by Rachel Renee Russell for review.  This author certainly knows how to...

A Disobedient Girl by Ru Freeman is a story of women,  servitude, love and betrayal, desire, class, prejudice, fate, tragedy, the human spirit and how entire families can change course with...

Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff is a 2003 Newbery Honor book and is worth every minute of the short read.  Hollis is twelve years old and stuck in the foster care system.  She...