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As a homeschooling veteran, I review middle-grade stories to help parents, librarians, and teachers choose good books.

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Ghost by Jason Reynolds, a Review

Ghost by Jason Reynolds, a Review

Jason Reynolds’ award-winning middle-grade novel Ghost tells the story of a boy who joins a track team. But he’s not just any boy; he’s one ran with his mother for their lives from his father, who was shooting at them.

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I signed a publishing contract!

I signed a publishing contract!

Elk Lake Publishing will be publishing a book of mine in about a year, I'm happy to announce. The book, a middle-grade novel, features time travel. I'm not going to tell you anything more about it right now. Sign up for my occasional newsletter if you want to be kept...

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Freerunner by Kathy Cassel, a review

Freerunner by Kathy Cassel, a review

Kia struggles to find a place socially on the track team, leaning heavily on her boyfriend. It’s not easy. And then her abuser–her grandfather–shows up and actually moves in with Kia and her mother. It’s a recipe for disaster, especially for the little six-year-old girl that her grandfather is getting to know as a volunteer at a day care.

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On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness, a Review

On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness, a Review

I’m reviewing On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness, by Andrew Peterson, Book One of the Wingfeather Saga (2008) . In this middle-grade book, the three children of the Igiby family are being raised by their mother and their grandfather. They live just outside Glipwood, a rustic village on the edge of the sea, in the house built by their grandfather many, many years before.

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