I wasn’t too sure about this book, but once again I was pleasantly surprised. This is a fictional tale about the time when Elvis was first starting out. It is told by a fictional narrator named Johnny Ross. We get to see the racial tension of the time, as well as learn about how the […]
Blech. This was a very hard read for me. Yes, the story was good I suppose. But all the baseball talk and terms was so annoying, or not annoying exactly, more time consuming to read and try to figure them all out. I mean, the last game of the book, yes, the championship game, was […]
Wow, I have to say I REALLY liked this book. It’s basically kind of a spoof on the book “The Secret”. Where it says if you want something bad enough, and you picture yourself with it, and write about wanting it, etc, that you’ll get it. I personally know this is a load of crap […]
This was a tiny, tiny book for this age of kids to read. Only 146 pages, so no wonder I finished it in the same day as when I started. Don’t get me wrong, it was a really interesting story, but I just wonder if the kids in grades 7-9 that the Truman list is […]
Well, I was really tired last night when I got home from the party at CeeJay’s house, so I just went to bed. First week of school down. Yay! So, some good, but kind of crazy news. Last year I was a reader/selector for the Mark Twain books that are the current ones kids are […]