![3 Picture Books About Child Refugees [Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/josephs-big-ride-300x300.jpg?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
I don’t usually review picture books on my blog, but as I had to write a number of picture book reviews for a course, I’ve decided to share those reviews. These three books were originally noted in my bibliography, 15 Picture Books on the Refugee Experience. Joseph’s Big Ride by Terry Farish and Ken Daley Joseph’s Big Ride tells a story about a child who is a refugee, but it […]
![Al Capone Throws Me a Curve by Gennifer Choldenko [Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/al-capone-throws-198x300.jpg?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
Al Capone Throws Me a Curve by Gennifer Choldenko Format/Source: Hardcover /Publisher Published: May 2018 Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books Length: 226 pages Genre: Middle grade historical fiction I received a copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. ★★★★ Moose Flanagan lives on a famous island in California: Alcatraz, home to some of the most dangerous prisoners in the United States in the 1930s. It’s the summer before he starts […]
![High Stakes, Fast Paced Adventure in Last Day on Mars [Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/last-day-on-mars-199x300.jpg?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
Last Day on Mars by Kevin Emerson Series: Chronicle of the Dark Star #1 Format/Source: Library/Hardcover Published: February 2017 Publisher: Length: 336 pages Genre: Middle grade science fiction Cybils 2017 finalist ★★★½ Last Day on Mars, the first book in a planned series called Chronicle of the Dark Star, explores how humans might survive once Earth is no longer habitable. The year is 2213. Liam Saunders-Chang has spent his entire life […]
![Of Fire and Stars Doesn’t Burn So Bright [Wyrd and Wonder Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/of-fire-and-stars-198x300.jpg?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst Format/Source: Hardcover/ library Published: November 2016 Publisher: Balzer + Bray Length: 389 pages Genre: Young adult fantasy ★★ Princess Dennaleia has the magical ability to control fire, an ability she struggles to keep secret because she is betrothed to the prince of a neighbouring kingdom that forbids magic. When she arrives in the prince’s kingdom to prepare for their marriage, it is not the […]
![The Inquisitor’s Tale by Adam Gidwitz [Wyrd and Wonder Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/IMG_6128-Edited-868x1024.jpg?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
The Inquisitor’s Tale by Adam Gidwitz Illustrator: Hatem Aly Format/Source: Hardcover/Library Published: September 2016 Publisher: Dutton Books Length: 353 pages Genre: Middle grade historical/speculative fiction ★★★★½ 1242. On a dark night, travelers from across France cross paths at an inn and begin to tell stories of three children. Their adventures take them on a chase through France: they are taken captive by knights, sit alongside a king, and save the […]