Category: General
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Detective Inspector Jon Graham is sent out from London to take over surveillance of the local constabulary in a sleepy little Cornish village where everyone seems to have secrets. A 10-year old girl disappears from the beach while gathering seashells with a friend. The investigation and her mother, a mysterious American who turned up in…
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Both characters tell lies and live with secrets. Mary has come to her position through a random remark made to one of the other tenants of the building where she moved after her doctor husband’s death. She was never an editor at a publishing house. But she was a flyer for the Women Air Service…
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This chapter book is part of an award-winning series. Gooney Bird is an eccentrically dressed second-grader with a Type A personality . She is surrounded by a number of outspoken prankster classmates and an infinitely patient teacher. Think Pippi Longstocking in Kindergarten Cop.
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All three of these novels are engaging, well-written and have characters of a similar age, social group, who need to be loved or admired for themselves.
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My book report for December is over four great Young Adult novels. Babe in Boyland by Jody Gehrman – Natalie is Dr. Aphrodite, the love guru of the school paper. Unfortunately, she doesn’t have much first-hand knowledge of love and her column is turning into a joke. The boys in her school won’t give her…
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Last month I volunteered to do a handful of book reports for our Houston Regional SCBWI meeting. I’m hoping someone else will step up to do picture books as I’m woefully under-read in that area. These were four recommendations that I made to our membership, not all recent, but all delightful. The Tail of Emily Windsnap…
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The fifth in the Kate Shackleton Mystery series, Murder on a Summer’s Day offers an evocative picture of both post-WWI England and the splendor of the Raj. Professional female detectives are rare, but this one has made enough of a name for herself that she is brought onto the scene at Bolton Abbey when an…
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In a year of historic political division and growing national misogyny, on November 16th the National Book Award failed to honor a single nominated woman, but instead focused on divisions along rac… Source: News of the World, by Paulette Jiles
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In a year of historic political division and growing national misogyny, on November 16th the National Book Award failed to honor a single nominated woman, but instead focused on divisions along racial lines. So, let me talk about this beguiling and poetic novel written by a woman that deals with race and the position of…
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Another great SCBWI (Houston) conference for the record books on October 22, 2016.
Claire Hart-Palumbo 