Title: Nikki on the line Author: Barbara Carroll Roberts Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Reviewer: Yolanda Ridge ISBN: 978-0316521901 If you liked Inside Hudson Pickle, you’re going to like Nikki on the Line. And for those of you who wished Hudson was more about basketball and less about genetics (I’ve heard from a few […]
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Mya’s Strategy to Save the World
Title: Mya’s Strategy to Save the World Author: Tanya Lloyd Kyi Publisher: Puffin Canada Reviewer: Yolanda Ridge ISBN: 978-0735265257 I bought this book because I’m a big fan of Tanya Lloyd Kyi and because I thought it might be a Authors for Earth Day Eco-Book of the Month selection. It turns out I was right about […]
To Night Owl From Dogfish
Title: To Night Owl From Dogfish Author: Holly Goldberg Sloan & Meg Wolitzer Publisher: Penguin Random House Reviewer: Yolanda Ridge ISBN: 9780525553236 I have always liked books told through correspondence. Once of my favorite books of all time is The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. (Yes, the movie is good but the book is much, […]
Everlasting Nora
Title: Everlasting Nora Author: Marie Miranda Cruz Publisher: Starscape Reviewer: Yolanda Ridge ISBN: 9780765394590 12-year-old Nora and her mom live in a grave house in Manila’s largest cemetery. That’s right – a grave house. They sleep and eat next to the tomb of her father, who died in a house fire. They are poor but […]
Fadeaway
Title: Fadeaway Author: Maura Ellen Stokes Publisher: Yellow Jacket Reviewer: Yolanda Ridge ISBN: 9781499806748 Since this review is not really a review at all but more of a personal reflection, I’m going to start with a quick description so I can get into listing the things I love about Fadeaway. Publisher’s blurb: When Sam’s best friend […]