• Reviews

    May B.

    May B. by Caroline Starr Rose is a sparsely written story in verse that conjures pictures of the rolling prairies and the vast emptiness that they used to be.  May B. is a 12-year old girl sent to a neighboring homestead 15 miles away “just until Christmas” as her Pa…

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    Wonder

    Wonder written by R. J. Palacio is a beautifully written novel for middle school readers about being different – something almost everyone can relate to on some level.  The main character is a 5th grade boy named August Pullman who was born with severe facial deformities that prevented him from going to school…