by Site Owner | Jul 14, 2012 | Tweens
By Norton Juster Yearling, $5.99, 88 pages Former architect Norman Juster is best-known in writing circles as the author of the strange and wonderful children’s classic The Phantom Tollbooth. Some forty years ago, he came out with a slim short story collection...
by Site Owner | May 21, 2012 | Tweens
By Wendelin Van Draanen Random House Children’s Books, $16.99, 336 pages Fans of Wendelin Van Draanen’s middle-grade heroes Shredderman and Sammy Keyes will be happy to know that she is equally comfortable writing for teens. Her most recent novel The Running...
by Site Owner | Jan 9, 2012 | Science Fiction, Tweens
by Amos Oz Harcourt Children’s Books, $15.99, 134 pages In a cursed village, there are no animals. They’ve been taken away, but no one will say why. The children aren’t allowed out at night, because a demon haunts the forest. One day, young Maya and Matti learn...
by Site Owner | Oct 20, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's, Health, Fitness & Dieting
by Marcella Marino Craver American Psychological Association, $9.95, 64 pages At first glance, Chillax: How Ernie Learns to Chill Out, Relax, and Take Charge of His Anger looks like a graphic novel for tweens, it’s much more ambitious. This illustrated...
by Site Owner | Oct 20, 2011 | Tweens
by Tom Angleberger Amulet, $12.95, 165 pages In a middle school not so far far away, a kid named Dwight fashioned a Star Wars puppet out of paper. Origami Yoda dispensed advice and most of the kids at McQuarrie Middle School liked it. But that was last year. This...
