If the Witness Lied, by Caroline B. Cooney
Cooney, Caroline B. (2009). If the witness lied. NY: Delacorte Press. 213 pages.
Man, Caroline B. Cooney must be about 100 years old by now and she’s still churning them out. In her latest novel, a family thriller (written in a style not unlike 2007’s re-release of her 1993 novel Diamonds in the Shadow), three teenage [...]
Skeleton Creek, by Patrick Carman
Carman, Patrick (2009). Skeleton Creek. NY: Scholastic. 185 pages.
I was so psyched to see this at my library because I had seen Angela Kennedy (a student at Texas A and M University) talk about this book (and others) at the Children’s Literature Association conference in Charlotte this summer. The novel, the first in an interactive [...]
Bliss, by Lauren Myracle
Myracle, Lauren (2008). Bliss. NY: Amulet Books. 444 pages.
After her hippie parents drop her off at her grandmother’s house in Atlanta and leave for Canada, Bliss, a fourteen-year-old who has grown up in various communes, begins her freshman year at a posh private school. The year is 1969 and, although Bliss is surprised at the [...]