BROWSE BOOK REVIEWS

Families Facing Tough Times (page 3)

CHILDREN'S

Released: Sept. 19, 2011

HOUND DOG TRUE

by Linda Urban

"This outstanding, emotionally resonant effort will appeal to middle-grade readers. (Fiction. 8-12)"

With a little help from a caring adult, a child crippled by shyness begins to bloom. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: April 1, 2012

SUMMER ON THE MOON

by Adrian Fogelin

"Steeped in violence (more implied than graphic) and poverty, but focused on love and hope. (Fiction. 9-12)"

Meet Socrates, better known as Socko, on the first day of summer before his eighth-grade year, a summer that will change his life forever. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: Aug. 7, 2012

LIAR & SPY

by Rebecca Stead

"Original and winning. (Fiction. 10-14)"

A seventh-grade boy who is coping with social and economic issues moves into a new apartment building, where he makes friends with an over-imaginative home-schooled boy and his eccentric family. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: Sept. 13, 2012

ALMOST HOME

by Joan Bauer

"Sugar, with her natural gift for rubbing down imperfections, will win readers' hearts. (Fiction. 9-13)"

Through months of homelessness and her mother's breakdown, sixth-grader Sugar Mae Cole and her puppy, Shush, demonstrate what it means to be sweet. Read full book review >