by Jane Green | Aug 7, 2023
I re-read Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell this week. Copyrighted in 1960, it was a Newbery Award winning classic. The fictional summary of the story is… Karana, an Indian girl, lives with her father, sister, and younger brother on a remote...
by Jane Green | Nov 15, 2021
FEVER 1793, is a young adult, fictionalized account, of the yellow fever pandemic written by Laurie Halse Anderson and published in 2002. This copy was borrowed from my daughter’s extensive library. Once I started reading, I couldn’t put it down. This is a...
by Jane Green | Nov 9, 2020
Lauren Wolk has a gift for writing that draws you in with tension, adventure, and showing you just enough to make you want to turn the page. Her characters are so three dimensional you can see their hearts, exposed by their thoughts and actions. It is the kind of book...
