Jessica has always known she is adopted. Her parents, the Packwoods, have told her the story of how they, as anthropologists, were studying her family in Romania when they were attacked. Jessica’s birth parents begged the Packwoods to take their daughter to safety. Eventually, Jessica’s birth parents and many others of her family are killed [Keep Reading]
Rue is trying not to worry. Her mother has disappeared after a terrible fight with her father. Right after her mother disappears her father is arrested and accused of murdering one of the students he teaches at the University. Rue knows her father didn’t do anything wrong, but doesn’t know how to prove it. To [Keep Reading]
Raven is back for another adventure with the vampire love of her life, Alexander. Together they plot to keep Alexander’s cousin, Claude, from finding the blood vials he needs to turn into a full-blooded vampire. If you haven’t read the actual books you’ll be missing some of the backstory. It would be best to start [Keep Reading]
Charlie has a parking fairy. For a fourteen-year-old who can’t even drive, a parking fairy is pretty useless. Charlie would much rather have a shopping fairy like her best friend or even a bathroom fairy. At least that way she’d never have to go to the restroom in the middle of a movie. Charlie always [Keep Reading]
In this exciting and inventive follow-up to EPIC, you’ll meet Ghost and her band of anarcho-punk friends. They live in Saga, a virtual world – only they don’t know it is virtual. The Dark Queen and her assassin are the only two with the true knowledge of how their world came to be. The inhabitants [Keep Reading]
You should read WAKE before you pick up FADE. You’ll understand the story much better. My review may be a little vague, but I don’t want to give away any SPOILERS for WAKE. Janie still has a difficult life. Her mother still drinks and hides in her bedroom to the extent that she doesn’t have [Keep Reading]
In a world not much different than ours, people are divided into two classes. In one, the rich and powerful travel by helicopter to their luxury houses and jobs. In the other, people are stuck in hours of traffic going to and from their low level jobs – all the while breathing air poisoned by [Keep Reading]
Philippa doesn’t consider herself a true goth. She just likes wearing black. When she sees an ad in the paper looking for a nanny for twin, 10-year-old girls with the stipulation that the applicant “must love black,” she feels like she has found the perfect summer job. It doesn’t hurt that taking this job will [Keep Reading]
In this second installment of the PLAIN JANES series, the gang is looking for new ways to spread art around the community. Problems are looming on the horizon though. Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and everyone is looking for a sweetheart for the big dance and pulling their sneak art attacks are getting [Keep Reading]
This is the video I put together for the students at my school. My trip was a lot of fun. I went to Seattle for the International Reading Association Conference. While I was there I decided that I might as well drive the 3 1/2 hours to Forks. I mean, when else was I [Keep Reading]
