Feature: Minor Considerations: Children's and Young Adult Books

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Gina Ruiz

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• Book Review: Tomorrow's Magic by Pamela F. Service

  Originally published in two volumes in the mid-1980s, this creative, futuristic spin on the Camelot legend will appeal to Arthurian purists and fantasy lovers alike.

  Review by Gina Ruiz — on Mar 17, 2007

• Book Review: London Calling by Edward Bloor

  Time travel to London during the Blitz to discover old secrets.

  Review by Gina Ruiz — on Mar 16, 2007

• Book Review The Legend of Zoey by Candie Moonshower

  There's a strange comet in the sky and 13-year old Zoey has a bad feeling about it...

  Review by Gina Ruiz — on Mar 16, 2007

• Book Review American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

  A masterful blending of three different but connecting stories with amazing artwork.

  Review by Gina Ruiz — on Mar 15, 2007

• Book Review: The Silver Donkey by Sonya Harnett

  Set in battle-scarred France during WWI, The Silver Donkey is a touching and elegantly simple children's tale.

  Review by Gina Ruiz — on Mar 14, 2007

• Book Review: Adèle and Simon by Barbara McClintock

  A brother and a sister take a magical walk home in the City of Lights.

  Review by Gina Ruiz — on Mar 13, 2007

• Book Review: The Pull of the Ocean by Jean-Claude Mourlevat

  This is an unconventional twist on an old classic fairy tale.

  Review by Gina Ruiz — on Mar 12, 2007

• Book Review: Celandine by Steve Augarde

  A great book for that pre-teen girl who is struggling with her own identity crisis.

  Review by Gina Ruiz — on Mar 11, 2007

• Book Review: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

  Death narrates this elegantly written story about an extremely poor girl growing up in WWII-era Germany.

  Review by Gina Ruiz — on Mar 11, 2007

• Book Review: Birdwing by Rafe Martin

  This coming-of-age adventure is a wild and unexpected one sure to enchant you.

  Review by Gina Ruiz — on Mar 11, 2007

• Book Review: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

  An astonishing book filled with mystery, history, and illustration.

  Review by Gina Ruiz — on Mar 10, 2007

• Book Review The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron

  Lucky's got a lot to work through and she is determined to find a way, to find her higher power...

  Review by Gina Ruiz — on Mar 05, 2007

• Book Review: The Foretelling by Alice Hoffman

  Alice Hoffman’s fourth book for young readers is an eloquent, believable and poetic story.

  Review by Gina Ruiz — on Mar 04, 2007

• Book Review: Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson

  A novel for young adults set in the year 1918. Its heroine is Hattie, who is big-hearted, honest, and firm in her convictions.

  Review by Gina Ruiz — on Feb 28, 2007