Novel: Surviving the Applewhites Author: Stephanie S. Tolan Target Audience: 10 and up Genre: Realistic fiction Publication Year: 2002 Setting: Creative Academy in rural North Carolina; contemporary A Favorite Quote: “He had been feeling rejected. Artists were tricky enough to handle when their work was going extremely well. Rejected artists […]
Daily Archives: October 8, 2016
Novel: Inside Out & Back Again Author: Thanhha Lai Target Audience: 8 and up Genre: Historical fiction; novel-in-verse Publication Year: 2011 Setting: primarily Saigon, South Vietnam and Alabama; 1975 A Favorite Quote: “I understand and wish I could go back to not understanding.” My One Sentence Summary: Unexpected pleasures, […]