Wed, October 7th, 2009
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Cindy: “It’s not nice when girls die.” Ten years ago Laurie Halse Anderson gifted teen readers with her first YA novel, Speak, about a girl dealing with depression following a date rape. In Wintergirls (Penguin/Viking, 2009), Anderson is as unflinching and honest in presenting Lia, who learns on page one of chapter {001.00} that an [...]
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Sun, May 10th, 2009
Mother Poems by Hope Anita Smith
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Cindy & Lynn: Happy Mother’s Day! Mother Poems (Henry Holt, 2009) is an emotional journey through grief and healing after a young girl loses her mother too soon. To honor the extraordinary powers of mothers everywhere, we’d like to share the celebratory poem that accompanies Smith’s collage illustration seen on the [...]
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Wed, April 15th, 2009
The Girl Who Threw Butterflies by Mick Cochrane
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Cindy: Whenever Lynn makes me read a science fiction book I respond by forcing her to read something that tugs at her emotions. She would rather cavort with aliens than have to pull out a tissue while she reads. Oh well, baseball season is upon us and I’ve been begging her to read The Girl [...]
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