I’m sharing the books on my Christmas wishlist with excitement. See, I look back over my year of reading and my #52booksin52weeks was a bit of a washout. I was reading, just not as much or as often as I would have liked. I also blogged less often, but thankfully my brother Book Boy Jr …
Serious reads
This book review of The Crossover is brought to you by Book Boy Jr (12). Title: The Crossover Author: Kwame Alexander Publisher: Houghton Mifflin About the book The Crossover by Kwame Alexander is a blend of hip-hop poetry and normal text. It follows the story of JB (Josh Bell to his mother), a young basketball …
This book review of Holes by Louis Sachar is by my little brother Book Boy Jr (12). Title: Holes Author: Louis Sachar Publisher: Bloomsbury About the book Holes by Louis Sachar follows the story of Stanley Yelnats, who has been cursed by his pig-stealing great-great-grandfather and has been sent to Camp Green Lake where he …
Title: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng Author: Celeste Ng Publisher: Penguin Books About the Book “Lydia is dead. But they don’t know this yet.” When Lydia Lee is late to breakfast one morning, her protective mother, Marilyn, is instantly suspicious. When Marilyn goes to Lydia’s room, and sees that Lydia is not …
alredThis book review of The Skeleton Tree by Iain Lawrence is brought to you by Book Boy Jr (11). Title: The Skeleton Tree Author: Iain Lawrence Publisher: Tundra/Penguin Random House About the book “Less than forty-eight hours after twelve-year-old Chris sets off on a sailing trip down the Alaskan coast with his uncle, their boat …
This review of The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas is by our resident teen book reviewer. Title: The Hate U Give Author: Angie Thomas Publisher: Walker Books About the book “Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in two worlds: the poor neighbourhood where she was born and raised and her posh high school in the suburbs. The …