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, [...]

Do not attempt to drive while listening to the audiobook of THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN. What was funny in the book is even funnier when read by Sherman Alexie. I strongly urge you to listen to this audiobook safe within in the confines of your own home.

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 [...]

I’ve been a David Lubar fan from way back, and I’m always impressed by his ability to shift from genre to genre without missing a beat.  Contemporary teen novel?  DUNK.  Sci-fi teen novel?  HIDDEN TALENTS and its sequel, TRUE TALENTS.  Quirky early reader?  PUNISHED.  Bizarro middle-grade short stories that go from funny to creepy?  The [...]