Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Talk about being Ghosted

Forever Home by Jenna Ayoub

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We talk about pets having a forever home, but sometimes people need them, too. And it is not because they are homeless, or need adoption, but because they and their family will travel a lot, such as being in the service. And Willow, is one of those people. When her family moves to Hadleigh House and promise this is the last move, Willow is overjoyed and will do anything to stay. Even match wits with four ghosts (two spicy sisters (one has a thing about […]

Stunning debut novel inspired by Chinese mythology

Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

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BINGO – SNAKE Secrets and hidden identities abound in this debut novel from Sue Lynn Tan. Xingyin is the titular daughter of the moon goddess, Chang’e, but she shouldn’t be alive. Her mother has hidden her existence from the Emperor and Empress of the Immortal Realm in order to keep her safe from danger and harm. For many years, Chang’e and Xingyin lived peacefully with their attendant on the moon in exile. But when Xingyin accidentally alerts the rulers of the Immortal Realm to her […]

‘From the first moment he’d seen her picture in the file they’d been given, he’d been curious about this woman.’

Securing Piper by Susan Stoker

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After the orphanage that Piper was visiting is attacked by rebel forces, she barely escapes with her life – and three orphans. Determined to adopt the girls, she marries one of her rescuers, Ace. But it’s not all smooth sailing from there… I remember sitting up and taking notice when I first read the synopsis of this book, because it sounded exactly up my alley. A marriage-of-convenience! Adopted children! Peril in foreign climes! And as usual Stoker delivered in spades. The author unabashedly pulls on […]

Honor and bravery

The Unknown Soldier by Jess M. Brallier

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There is nothing duller than a cemetery when you are a young kid. Even if it is a very important one in Washington, DC. On the last day of their Washington, DC, vacation, Jack, and his family visit such a place. And Jack, is less than impressed. That is until he finds himself watching a solider who is guarding a tomb. She takes 21 steps. Pauses 21 seconds and repeats. She ignores the sweat dripping off her faces and does not stop to sip water. […]

I tried to make a plane joke, but it didn’t land

Flying Machines: Howe the Wright Brothers Soared. by Alison Wilgus

Science Comics: Rockets: Defying Gravity. by Anne Drozd and Jerzy Drozd

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Learn about how we fly without wings through the voice of the Wright brother’s sister in Flying Machines: Howe the Wright Brothers Soared. The history of flight is introduced with, first a story presentation of the facts, and second with pages of the technical presentation. The use of color and details to separate these two sections helps alert you to the change. Part history and part science story, we meet not only the Wright brothers in this graphic novel by Alison Wilgus, but we also […]

If he wears a shirt, why doesn’t he need pants?

Make Your Bed with Skipper the Seal by William H. McRaven

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Make Your Bed with Skipper the Seal are the 10 steps/points that the author William H. McRaven learned while they were a human Navy Seal.  They have spoken about them at commencements and in several books for adults. This time, with Howard McWilliam creating the cartoon illustrations, they created a picture book that talks how a seal named Skipper becomes not only the best Navy Seal, but the best Seal he could be. The idea is that the little things are important such as how […]



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