The Book Search

Our spring break started today and for the first time in several years, we're NOT traveling.  I'm envious of myself in years past as the pictures keep coming up in my Facebook feed.  There are so many things I feel fortunate for!  Good books are among the things at the top of my list!  Here are two new ones to look for. The first one is called The Only Black Girls in Town by Brandy Colbert.  It's about Alberta who lives in Ewing, California, a small town on the coast near San Luis Obisbo.  Alberta loves to surf, has a best friend named Laramie and two loving dads.  The bed and breakfast next door to them has just sold and luckily enough, the people who bought it have a daughter just her age.  Alberta has visions of a new best friend.  What's great about this one is that although the plot sounds familiar, it has a lot of pieces that keep it really fresh.  Like, the fact that Alberta has two dads and a surrogate mom, who she knows, but isn't a big part of her life,

So now that I'm home for at least two weeks, I have PLENTY of time to get caught up on some of the book reviews I've been leaving until I had some free time!  YAY for an upside to all this crazy and what a better way to spend your time but wandering around in some worlds that are completely different and a little scary! The first one is called The Thieves of Wierdwood.  It's written by Christian McKay Heidicker.  It's about two twelve year old boys, Arthur and Willy who live in a pretty strange place.  It reminded me a bit of Victorian England, until things got, well, weird.  Arthur and Willy are thieves - they are part of a notorious Black Feather gang, but they aren't in very good standing.  Willy has a brother who is in a completely horrific sounding hospital and when Arthur gets in trouble, his dad, who is also thief, gets sent to the hospital too.  Both boys feel an urgent need to get them out, and take a huge risk to break into Weirdwood Manor, a creepy old