Maya Running by Anjali Banerjee
My review
rating: 4 of 5 starsIndian-born Maya Mukherjee attends middle school in a small town in Manitoba. Besides struggling with the usual issues of adolescence (including pimples and braces), Maya straddles the line between the two cultures, with neither foot firmly planted in either one. Maya [...]
Bones Rock!: Everything You Need to Know to Be a Paleontologist by Peter Larson
My review
rating: 5 of 5 starsMost books for kids on the subject of paleontology serve up pretty much the same predictable soup full of dinosaur bones, fossils, and geological (yawn) history. Even the proposed activities can all [...]
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
My review
rating: 5 of 5 stars
In TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, Harper Lee captures the essence of childhood amidst the tensions of a small southern town torn by prejudice and intolerance.
I don’t know how old I was when I first read TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD — eleven maybe, or [...]
The Case of the Crooked CarnivalThe Case of the Terrible T-rexThe Case of the Gasping Garbage
The Case of the Mossy Lake Monster
The Case of the Graveyard Ghost
The Case of the Barfy Birthday
Voyage of Midnight
Voyage of Plunder
Voyage of Ice
To the Edge of the World
Sisters Unto DeathBottles of Eight and Pieces of Rum
