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A Boy and His Father’s Gun: A Review of Marcus Sedgwick’s Revolver
“‘A gun is not a weapon. . . . It’s an answer to the questions life throws at you when there’s no one else to help.’” So Einar Andersson counsels his son, Sig, in Marcus Sedgwick’s young-adult novel,...
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Runaway Bride: A Review of Meg Rosoff’s The Bride’s Farewell
If you prefer books with neat, clean endings—all crimes punished, all good deeds rewarded—don’t read Meg Rosoff’s latest novel, The Bride’s Farewell. The moral messiness in The Bride’s...
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A Review of Laurie Halse Anderson’s Chains
For many of us, the words “American Revolution” bring to mind static images of wigged white men signing declarations and white women sewing flags. By inviting readers to view the War for American...
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My Favorite Recent Books for Adult Readers
I know, I know, this blog is dedicated to books written with a young-adult audience in mind. But I still read fiction intended for adults, too. Now that finals are over, I thought I’d post nightly...
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A Review of Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book
By: Heather Morkes and Lindsay Sorenson “There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife” (2). The Graveyard Book begins with an engrossing tale of a family murdered and a toddler left wandering...
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