If I were handselling this I would say it was a cross between Avi’s Crispin series and The Ranger’s Apprentice series, which would probably have boys taking it from me without question. This would also appeal to girls who like historical fiction/fantasy type crossovers, of course.
It’s leveled for teens but I’m not entirely sure why [...]

I do not think I know how to tell you about this book.
Honestly. Sometimes a book would come along in my bookselling life that I would absolutely love and be absolutely incapable of selling because I couldn’t describe it. Because I would open my mouth to describe it and this excited jumble of…well, crap…would come [...]

Yes, two baseball books in a row. I know. I can hardly believe it either. I can hardly believe I’ve read three baseball books in the last month, let alone liked them all.
There are going to be some happy sports-book-loving kids (okay, let’s face it – boys, for the most part) out there next year.
(My [...]

This book launches Harper’s new Bowen Press, so you know it was chosen very carefully. I think it’s a worthy launch title – it has a lovely feel to it. Sort of a Penderwicks feel, although not quite so lighthearted; maybe a little timeless, like Elizabeth Enright, but with a dash of the seriousness Sharon [...]

Almost-fifteen-year-old Alis has never been out of her sheltered religious community, and despite the many rules she must live under (which caused her brother to flee years before), has lived a fairly contented life. However, everything changes when her parents tell her that she must marry the village’s 40 year old minister. Alis decides that [...]