Reviewer: Sarah
Middle school, for many of us, was a time of great confusion. There were training bras, and zits, and oops I forgot my deodorant, and oops the boy who used to be my friend is now my crush, and what do you mean I need glasses and braces and STIRRUP PANTS (why, early nineties, [...]
Filed under: Abrams, April 2010, Author: Sarah, bringing the funny, middle-grade | Comment (1)
Here’s the sad truth of it: I am in the second round of braces. I suffered through the first round while in middle school, and now, years later, I found myself back in the orthodontist’s chair with some wayward bottom teeth. (Why couldn’t they have behaved as well as the top teeth? Why?) I’m currently [...]
Filed under: Abrams, Author: Sarah, September 2009, bringing the funny, galley review, middle-grade | Comment (0)
If I could write song lyrics or poetry, I would probably put a little ditty here about what a great time this is right now for tween books, and how it seems like publishers finally heard my silent prayer (or out loud complaining to sales reps) and started publishing great tween-y books, but since I [...]
Filed under: "nice" books, Abrams, Author: Melissa, March 2009, age-appropriate, middle-grade, tweens | Comments (4)