The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
Reviewed by Suzanne Dlugolonski, Teen Services Librarian
Seventh grade can be tough—especially if your teacher hates you. In Gary D. Schmidt’s The Wednesday Wars, Holling Hoodhood is left alone every Wednesday afternoon with the treacherous Mrs. Baker. While his Catholic and Jewish classmates leave early for religious education, Presbyterian Holling [...]
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The Luxe by Anna Godbersen
Reviewed by Suzanne Dlugolonski, Teen Services Librarian
Gossip Girl meets New York City’s Gilded Age in The Luxe. Author Anna Godbersen’s debut is a page-turner from beginning to end. Full of romance and scandal, The Luxe is a murder-mystery rocking high society.
Elizabeth Holland, back from Paris, is betrothed to Henry Schoonmaker, the [...]
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Reviewed by Suzanne Dlugolonski, Teen Services Librarian
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is Sherman Alexie’s fifth novel and his first for teen readers. It chronicles Arnold “Junior” Sprit’s freshman year of high school. Junior, after the first day of ninth grade, decides to [...]
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