Or Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz Jeanne, Gwenforte, William, and Jacob, are unlikely companions on a quest in thirteenth-century France. Adam Gidwitz weaves second-hand accounts in a style reminiscent of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The Inquisitor's Tale is set in the days of the Crusades, when economic, racial, and religious tensions were …
In the vein of To Kill a Mockingbird, Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk is the tale of a young girl in a small town exposed to events which change her life and the lives of her family forever. Annabelle and her family befriend Toby, a reclusive World War I veteran living in the hills of …
Katherine Applegate's Crenshaw surprised me. The cover image made me think I was going to read a children's fantasy novel, but instead I went on an emotional journey with Jackson and his family. Crenshaw, an imaginary cat-friend, reappears in Jackson's life as his family experiences chronic illness, unemployment and homelessness. Applegate adeptly takes us into …
