• Reviews

    Ghost Hawk

    I’ve been captivated by historical fictin since I was young and I especially loved The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare and Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George.  I read Ghost Hawk this week and what a perfect time of year, the book takes place around…

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    What Came From the Stars

    What Came From the Stars by Gary Schmidt is a high-fantasy story about a young boy, Tommy, who finds a magical necklace from another planet in his lunchbox and what ensues can only be explained as chaos.  I had a really hard time with this book – I’m not much of…