May 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
Boston Jane: An Adventure By: Jennifer L. Holm Jane Peck has been raised by her father, a doctor, in 1850’s Philadelphia. She has been allowed to run wild with the neighbor boys, spitting and throwing things and working with her father in his surgery, something that...
Apr 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
Lilac Girls By: Martha Hall Kelly Lilac Girls is an amazing book that will draw you in immediately. It focuses on three women, Caroline, Herta and Kasia, during WWII. Caroline is a New York socialite with French ties who works for the French Consulate to provide care...
Mar 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
What I Saw and How I Lied By: Judy Blundell Evie is excited when her stepfather, Joe, returns home from World War II. It is 1947 and Evie and her beautiful mother, Bev, have been living with Joe’s mother while he was in the army. Now that he is home, the family is...
Feb 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
These Shallow Graves By: Jennifer Donnelly In 1890, Jo (Josephine) Montfort is a student at Miss Sparkwell’s School for Young Ladies. Like all wealthy young women, Jo is expected to finish school and marry a wealthy bachelor. Her family already has Bram Aldrich, a...
Nov 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
Girl, Stolen By: April Henry Sixteen year old Cheyenne Wilder is very sick with pneumonia. She convinces her step-mother to let her stay in the car while she goes into the pharmacy to fill her prescription for antibiotics. Suddenly a young man jumps into the Escalade...
