When Friendship Followed Me Home by Paul Griffin 2016

September 15, 2017

This is a huge and beautiful story in a short 247 pages. I hope everyone will read it.   ​  An orphan who is bullied, a girl with cancer, a Mom who dies, a magician, a . . . read more »

Category: Book Reviews - Kids, Reviews Juvenile Books

The Brides of Rollrock Island by Margo Lanagan 2012

September 15, 2017

This is a beautifully told story that I struggled through. I’m not sure who I would recommend it to except an adult. An innocent young girl who has “seal” in her grows up on a . . . read more »

Category: Book Reviews - Kids, Reviews Young Adult Books

Skink No Surrender by Carl Hiaasen 2014

September 15, 2017

A great story and fun read aloud with plenty of action, humor and bizarre touches a la Carl Hiaasen.  I can recommend this from about 5th grade to adult. It’s a fast paced search through . . . read more »

Category: Book Reviews - Kids, Reviews Juvenile Books

Teddy & Co. By Cynthia Voigt 2016

September 15, 2017

I  don’t pretend to understand this little book but it is sweet, whimsical and philosophical. It’s tone reminds me of Winnie the Pooh; although modern, it is no less charming. I can recommend it as . . . read more »

Category: Book Reviews - Kids, Reviews Juvenile Books

The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Cartaya 2017

September 15, 2017

I enjoyed this sweet coming of age story about a third generation Cuban American family in Miami. There is a lot of Spanish in this book. At first I found it annoying that there wasn’t . . . read more »

Category: Book Reviews - Kids, Reviews Juvenile Books

Across the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk

September 15, 2017

This is an absolutely gorgeous historical fiction about an adopted child trying to find her roots. The roots turn out to be on Penikese Island ; one of the Elizabeth Islands off Cape Cod that . . . read more »

Category: Book Reviews - Kids, Reviews Juvenile Books

The Christmas Doll by Elvira Woodruff 2000

September 15, 2017

I can enjoy a sweet story with a happy ending but this one would have been too much for even me if it weren’t for the Dickensian elements. The writing is sentimental and predictable with . . . read more »

Category: Book Reviews - Kids, Reviews Juvenile Books

NoveList Plus 2017 STAFF PICKS

August 30, 2017

Visit the bottom left hand side of the Library’s website and you’ll see an icon for MARVEL!  Take an adventure and visit NoveList Plus to see what that librarian staff picks for 2017 must-reads! THE . . . read more »

Category: Book Lists, Book Reviews

The Fashion Committee by Susan Juby 2017

August 5, 2017

This book took me by surprise. Extremely talented high school students enter a fashion contest where they compete for a one year scholarship to a selective art school. Its told in alternating chapters by the . . . read more »

Category: Book Reviews - Kids, Reviews Young Adult Books

Elisabeth Ogilvie’s Tide Trilogy

July 26, 2017

Biographical Note: Elisabeth Ogilvie was born in Boston on May 20, 1917, to Frank and Maude Ogilvie. She was raised in Dorchester and Wollaston, Massachusetts, summering on the island of Criehaven in Maine. The family . . . read more »

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