Dina Lance has enough trouble as a normal middle-schooler, but when things start blowing up around her, life becomes interesting. She's in a rock band and may try out for the cheer team... the only person in her way seems to be the principal who suspects her of repeatedly destroying school property. This is a... Continue Reading →
The Adventure Zone: Murder on the Rockport Limited by Clint/ Griffin/ Justin/ Travis McElroy and Carey Pietsch
Taako, Magnus, and Merle are back! And they've decided to join the Bureau of Balance. Their tasks will take them all over the kingdoms retrieving magical 'weapons of mass destruction' and bringing them back to the moon for disposal. The first job is to take over a mission for another agent who wasn't able to... Continue Reading →
Last Kids on Earth by Max Brallier, Illustrated by Douglas Holgate
My son was sick a couple weeks ago and we were watching waaaaay too much TV. We flipped over the NetFlix and found this new show called The Last Kids on Earth. We loved it. Zombies and Monsters and a Tricked Out TreeHouse! The premise: A group of middle schoolers find each other after a... Continue Reading →
Pumpkin Heads by Rainbow Rowell. Illustrated by Faith Erin Hicks
Pumpkin Heads is a massively sweet graphic novel about the brink of change in a young person's life. The last night Deja and Josiah get to work together in the pumpkin patch senior year of high school. They are pretty bummed because they know that next year they will be off at college, probably different... Continue Reading →
They Called Us Enemy by George Takei (Author), Justin Eisinger (Author), Steven Scott (Author), Harmony Becker (Illustrator, Artist)
I've read a number of books about Japanese internment and each one brings a different voice and perspective to this time in American history. From Farewell to Manzanar to a very good book I read this year named Daughter of Moloka’i by Alan Brennert. As with anytime I read a book on a subject I know... Continue Reading →