The Way I Say I by Nancy Tandon
The Way I Say It is an old school feeling story with a modern take. The entire time I was reading I was thinking, “This is so 1980s!” I felt that while the issues being discussed in this book by Nancy Tandon, they were terribly tame by today’s standards. It almost felt like I had read this book back when I was between the ages of 8 and 12. Yet, dealing with a speech issue, brain injury and friendship woes is timeless at the same […]
Avatar: The Last Airbender: Toph Beifong’s Metalbending by Faith Erin Hicks
I admit it, Toph in the Avatar the Last Airbender series was never my favorite character. I appreciated her and sometimes even her “Devil-may-care” attitude, but her humor (she said it as it is about a good toenail picking) was usually spot on. But I do not think she and I would have been “real life” friends. Therefore, when I saw that she was getting her own book, I was not sure I wanted to read it. However, I am up for almost anything ALA […]
The Word for Friend by Aidan Cassie
Just too darn cute! Read it! Okay, I need to write more. But The Word for Friend is really just too darn cute. Aidan Cassie created a story where language barriers does not mean friendship barriers. Kemala the pangolin is excited for her new city, home and school. She is a happy, talkative little girl (pangolin) and it is not until she gets to school that things change. She does not know anyone. And more importantly, nobody speaks her language. How is she going to […]
Cub by Cynthia L. Copeland
Cub first came on my radar when our events person in our sister store said she had to order several copies of this book for an event they were doing. I looked up Cynthia L. Copeland’s book and say it was going to be a cute, middle-school (ages 8/9 to 14) book. I did not notice the choice of clothing until after I read it about a month later (or last night). Cub is a familiar coming of age story (dealing with family, friends, school, […]
Deadly Class, Volume 1: Regan Youth by Rick Remender
A joy of being a bookstore employee is that you never know what you might find. Usually I find some gem when they find their way to the cart next to my desk that unfortunately means we were unable to sell it and it is being returned to the publisher. Deadly Class, Volume 1: Regan Youth was not one of those gems. There is no question why Rick Remender’s graphic novel was being returned. The cover was the draw for me so that was not […]
