In The Lost Boy, David’s heartbreaking story continues as he enters his teen years and moves through the foster system searching for a place to belong and the love of a family that he so desperately wants and needs. David’s determination and spirit are inspiring, however this book is not heart-wrenching as the first but once […]
Continue reading →This is such a great YA romance story with a bit of mystery too. It will make you want to travel to Italy and eat gelato. Lina, the main character, goes to Italy to live with her “real dad” for the summer. There she finds so much more – her first love, her mother’s story, […]
Continue reading →This is the third book in an autobiographical trilogy detailing David Pelzer’s life as a horrifically abused child to finding happiness and peace as an adult. Out of the three books, I liked this one the least. In the other two books, one could truly feel David’s pain, suffering, and anguish, along with the occasional […]
Continue reading →Claudia and Monday are best friends. Claudia has been away for the summer and expected Monday and her to stay in touch through letters. Monday though has not responded to any of Claudia’s letters all summer. Claudia returns back home to Washington, DC and immediately tries to get a hold of Monday but her phone […]
Continue reading →Monster is a great book for those of you who do not like to read or reading is not your favorite thing to do. This book is written in a movie screenplay format by the main character Steve Harmon. Interjected into the screenplay are diary entries from him as well. The book tells the story of […]
Continue reading →What an emotional read! This book is not for the faint at heart. In it Patricia McCormick tells the story of Arn Chorn-Pond’s three years, eight months, and twenty days that he spent in Cambodia under the reign of the Khmer Rouge. Arn faces and sees so much during his time. He also learned harsh […]
Continue reading →Night is a very powerful book about the author’s experience in the concentration camps and the horrors of the holocaust. He was fifteen when his family was taken to Auschwitz. He was separated from his mother and sisters, never to see them again. He chronicles how he tries not to be separated from his father […]
Continue reading →On Two Feet and Wings, is the true story of Abbas Kazerooni, a boy who is almost ten years old who is forced to leave his parents, his country, and all he knows to escape the Ayatollahs regime and the certainty of getting drafted and dying in war. Abbas finds himself alone in a strange country […]
Continue reading →WOW! What a great book! This book had me hooked from the start! 5 kids walk into detention and one of them ends up dead. The question is who did it? Bronwyn is the smart girl. Cooper is the jock. Nate is the bad guy. Addy is the popular girl. And Simon is the outcast […]
Continue reading →This is a sweet story about Oogy, a dog that gets rescue by a family after being seriously injured during a dog fight. You will fall in love with this not so typical dog. He drools, he snores, he sleeps on tables, he steals food from the fridge, and more. His story is one of survival, […]
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