The Book Search

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,...

New books!  New books!  New books!  It's so exciting to get new books!  I just got a big box of new books for our library!  I don't even remember how I chose them, but here are some of my new favorites. The first one is called "My life in pictures" by Deborah Zemke.  It's a short chapter book about a charming girl named Bea (short for Beatriz).  Bea likes to draw and has a very annoying little brother that she calls "The Big Pest".  She has a best friend who lives next door named Yvonne and they have marvelous adventures together until Yvonne moves away to Australia.  A new family moves in and guess what?  They have a child the same age as Bea!  Except he is a monster.  Bea draws to work her way through this problem and it has a great ending.  This one would pair up well with "Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie " by Julie Sternberg-it has the same short chapter format, as well as a similar art and writing style.  The kid...