The reviews you are looking for…
Force Collector is a trip around the universe checking in on past events, artifacts, and Jedi history. A survey course of Jedi lore! This book reminded me a lot of Claudia Gray's Lost Stars. Whereas the characters in Gray's novel live through the events in episode 4-6, Shinick's main character, Karr Nuq Sinn, is a young... Continue Reading →
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 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 →
Games of Deception is a quality young adult nonfiction piece about basketball and the Berlin Games. Directed toward an audience of teens and young adults, the book covers the creation of the game, the formation of the Olympic team, the conflict over whether or not to boycott the games, and the Nazi propaganda machine during... Continue Reading →
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 →
Paul's Picks 