Deadlock - Iris Johansen
Summary: Emily Hudson is an archeologist who travels the world in search of priceless artifacts from war-torn countrie…
Life Of Pi - Yann Martel
See Mindy's Review here. Summary: When sixteen-year-old Pi Patel finds himself stranded in a lifeboat in the middle…
Hush, Hush - Becca Fitzpatrick
Summary: Romance was not a part of Nora Grey's plan. She's never been particularly attracted to the boys at he…
The Swan Maiden - Heather Tomlinson
Summary: In the quiet hour before dawn...Anything can happen. A third daughter can dream of being a creature of flight…
I Read It, But I Don't Get It - Cris Tovani
Summary: I Read It, but I Don't Get It is a practical, engaging account of how teachers can help adolescents devel…
In Defense of Food : An Eater's Manifesto - Michael Pollan
Summary: Food. There's plenty of it around, and we all love to eat it. So why should anyone need to defend it? Bec…
Your Family Constitution - Scott Gale
Summary: What do you get when you cross two working professionals, two active kids and a dog? Chaos! For more than a d…
Am I Not a Man? : The Dred Scott Story - Mark L. Shurtleff
Summary: An illiterate slave, Dred Scott trusted in an all-white, slave-owning jury to declare him free. But after br…
Don't Swear With Your Mouth Full - Cary S. Chugh, Ph.D
Summary: Parents are charged with a seemingly impossible task - transforming a completely dependent child into a respo…
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
Summary: Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number…
The End of the Alphabet - C.S. Richardson
Summary: The End of the Alphabet is a tender, intimate story of an ordinary life defined by an extraordinary love. Amb…
Mercury Falls - Rob Kroese (with Author Interview)
Summary: Years of covering the antics of End Times cults for The Banner, a religious news magazine, have left Christin…
The Four Corners - Christian Usera
This review is from my friend Dan (husband to Becca, father of almost two), who cracks me up, even when I can't und…
Everything Sucks : Losing My Mind and Finding Myself in a High School Quest for Cool - Hannah Friedman
Summary: When everything sucks, change everything... And that's exactly what Hannah Friedman set out to do in an a…
Graceling - Kristen Cashore
Also reviewed by Mindy and Kim . Summary: Katsa has been able to kill a man with her bare hands since she was eight--…
Nobody's Princess - Esther Friesner
Summary: She is beautiful, she is a princess, and Aphrodite is her favorite goddess, but something in Helen of Spart…
Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout
Summary: In a voice more powerful and compassionate than ever before, New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Stro…
Cry, The Beloved Country - Alan Paton
Summary: An immediate worldwide bestseller when it was published in 1948, Alan Paton's impassioned novel about a b…