This is my current list of favorites. If you ask me next week it could be different. Goosebumps series by R.L. Stein These books kept me up at night as a child and instilled a love of scary stories in me. They might be the reason I’m so weird today. The Silence of…
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Betsy: “Fun mythical adventures!” Daniel: “I fell in love with James Patterson’s novels because they are like a can of Pringles, “Once you pop, you can’t stop”. Every chapter he writes is a cliffhanger that eggs you on to read more. Soon you’re finished and checking out more. ” –Betsy & Daniel
Jannell: “When I read Laurie Halse Anderson I see people I know. Her characters are raw, emotional, troubled, eccentric, hopeless, hopeful, uncertain, aware, attractive, plain, ordinary, surprising, and complicated. In short, they are teenagers who grapple with real-life issues, and Anderson gives them a voice. Which book should you read first? I recommend Speak. It changed my…
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Nathan: “I grew up loving the world of Narnia and later in life discovered what a brilliant debater and Christian Apologist C.S. Lewis was.” Andrea: “I like Sara Donati because she writes incredible historical fiction. The characters are well developed. I like the time period she chose to write about: the frontier of New York state after…
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Andrea’s Pick: Follow the River by James Alexander Thom What Andrea says: “I couldn’t do what this lady did!” Betsy’s Pick: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats What Betsy says: “Super snowy book to share!” Dan’s Pick: Game by Anders de la Motte What Dan says: “This game is not lame!” Jannell’s Pick: Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices What…
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