If you had given 13-year-old me a choice whether to move to Hong Kong or stay in Toronto, chances are I would have said, “No way I’m going to Hong Kong! Why leave everything I know and love to start over somewhere so completely new and different?” Well, we moved anyway, and like any kind […]
The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James on October 4, 2022 Genres: Fiction / Thrillers / Historical, Fiction / Thrillers / Supernatural, Fiction / Women Pages: 336 Format: Paperback Buy on Amazon Goodreads “I don’t have an opinion about ghosts. It’s people I don’t believe in, I suppose.” 1920s England. Sarah Piper’s lonely, […]
My first memory of learning about slavery is the imagined cries of a baby whipped across the face beneath a merciless sun. I am five years old, seated in my father’s lap, the pages of And The People Could Fly by Virginia Hamilton splayed before me. The illustrations are sepia tone, the brown hues of […]
Ask ten writers how they pursue this ancient and often bewildering craft of ours, and you’ll get ten different answers. I recall, for example, reading an interview with Lee Child where he said that eating any bite of food during his workday entirely stops his flow of words, and so he fasts every day at […]
We loved covering the entire living room walls with our drawings. (left: my sister, right: me!) I spent my childhood in both the US and Korea and moved frequently. At one point, I attended three different middle schools in two countries. Adjusting to different cultures wasn’t easy. I felt happiest and safest at home, especially […]
The Au Pair Affair by Tessa Bailey on July 16, 2024 Genres: Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction / Romance / Romantic Comedy, Fiction / Romance / Sports, Fiction / Women Pages: 384 Format: Paperback Buy on Amazon Goodreads Tallulah is smart, vivacious, and studying to be a marine biologist. She’s also twenty-six and broke. […]
As a journalist, I wrote many true stories long before the idea of writing nonfiction for children crossed my mind. I was a junior in college back in 2006 when I joined the editorial team at LasMayores.com, the Spanish-language website of Major League Baseball. Since then, I’ve been translating and producing articles and writing original […]
This book may be unsuitable for people under 17 years of age due to its use of sexual content, drug and alcohol use, and/or violence. Captured by Lauren Biel on December 23, 2023 Genres: Fiction / Horror, Fiction / Psychological, Fiction / Romance / Erotic Pages: 264 Format: Paperback Buy on Amazon Goodreads “Love has […]
The Love of My Afterlife by Kirsty Greenwood on July 2, 2024 Genres: Fiction / Romance / Paranormal / General, Fiction / Romance / Romantic Comedy, Fiction / Women Pages: 400 Format: Hardcover Buy on Amazon Goodreads If she wasn’t dead already, Delphie would be dying of embarrassment. Not only did she just die by […]
As adult readers, we understand how books can transport us to different worlds, open our eyes to other points of view, shift our thoughts and opinions, soften our hearts, and expand our minds with new information. We can look back and reflect on how books have changed us. But as children, we don’t think about […]