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Book Review: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
AT A GLANCE: Genre/Topics: Autobiography, childhood, growing up, race, racism, family dynamics Length: 304 pages Release: 1969 Cost for New Copy: $6.99 on Kindle, $20.99 Hardcover, $16.50 paperback, $5.19 Mass Market PaperbackI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya...
Flash Fiction: Boys Regular
"Ahh!" The boy screamed as a dark-haired stranger circled around him. The boy was strapped to a tall, shiny chair, his arms pinned at his sides. The man, whom the boy had just met that morning, brandished his weapon, slowly clipping pieces of the four-year-old away....
Updates from the world of writing
This past week has been jam-packed with writing stuff:I joined a Mom writing group on facebook about two weeks ago, and they just happened to be organizing small writing groups, so I joined one. It's my first time joining a small peer writing group, and it's been so...
Book Review: Spilling Ink
AT A GLANCE: Genre/Topics: creative writing, how to write, kid-friendly Age: 4-9th grade (but easily enjoyed by an adult) Length: 288 pages Release: 3/30/2010 Cost for New Copy: $7.99 on Kindle, $16.89 Hardcover, $11.36 paperbackSpilling Ink: A Young Writer's...
Book Review: Song of the Quarkbeast by Jasper Fforde
AT A GLANCE: Genre: Humor, YA, fantasy, action/adventure, coming of age, female protagonist Recommended age: 10-12 and up Length: 304 pages Release: 9/2/2014 Cost for New Copy: $7.99 on Kindle, $7.689 paperback, $16.99 hardcover Second book in series The Last...
Book Review: Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
AT A GLANCE: Genre/Topics: Classics, Classic American Lit, race, racism Length: 581 pages Release: 4/14/1952 Cost for New Copy: $2.99 on Kindle, $14.86 Hardcover, $10.31 paperbackInvisible Man by Ralph Ellison My rating: 5 of 5 stars Gosh, this was such a hard book...
