Books. Nonfiction
This is a stirring account of a strong-willed, one-of-a-kind woman who made it big and did it her way. Her story will inspire young creative types and anybody who feels like an outsider.
A solid addition to medium to large collections.
For large public libraries with big budgets and a high demand for sophisticated baking materials.
Worthy but, at best, supplementary to the young readers' edition of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth (Viking, 2007) and other more recent titles.
Dirge's ghoulish sensibility will appeal to teens and adults who have retained a child's appreciation for that deliciously disturbing sort of nonsense once provided by scary stories told in the dark at sleepovers.
Honor Girl, Maggie Thrash Candlewick Press, September 2015 Reviewed from final copy I was distracted while reading Honor Girl. The first two chapters orient the reader in the early days of the new millennium; there’s a list of celebrity crushes including Leonardo DiCaprio, Usher, and Justin Timberlake, our narrator is reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of […]
Winding things down here for the year, I’d like to wish readers a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, hoping there is plenty of candy in your immediate future. And if candy is not your thing, Katie also has a host of recommendations of food favorites from children’s books. And do not forget Laura’s gingerbread! […]
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