AboutStaff Pick: Sita’s Ramayana by Samhita Arni and Moya Chitrakar
Magic animals, fierce snakes, a war between gods and demons, kidnapping and, of course, love. This graphic novelization of the ancient epic poem (written by the Hindu sage Valmiki in 300 B.C.E.) really does have it all! Although the Ramayana has more text than standard comic book, the additional words are helpful to readers not [...]
Staff Pick: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Clary Fray is fifteen. She lives with her mother, hangs out with her best friend, Simon, and does all those normal fifteen-year-old things. Well, she did until she accidentally witnesses a murder committed by three teenagers. And after seeing these strange teens kill someone, the body disappears into thin air! From that point onward, Clary [...]
Staff Pick: The Book of Heroes by Miyuki Miyabe
Sometimes it takes a younger sister to save the day. Eleven-year-old Yuriko Morisaki is just a regular fifth-grader but when her brother disappears after a fight with bullies, Yuriko finds a magical book in his room and finds out that her brother has been possessed. With the help of some unusual friends like a monk, [...]
Staff Pick: The Notorious Benedict Arnold by S. Sheinkin
Benedict Arnold is definitely America’s most infamous traitor. But, he was also one of Americas greatest military heroes without whom, America might never have achieved independence. How does a triumphant military leader become a traitor? Sheinkin examines how Arnolds recklessness, ambition, and arrogance combined to make a hero turn so quickly into a villain. Sheinkins [...]
Dairy Queen by Catherine Murdock: Teen Review by Kelsea A.
Dairy Queen is about a girl who lives on a farm in Wisconsin, her dad has a broken hip and effects a lot of her life. DJ, the farm girl has several problems in fact. Her dad can’t run the farm or milk the cows. Her brother Curtis barely talks. Her mom is usually always [...]
