Archive for August, 2008
Little Audrey
White, Ruth. Little Audrey. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux. 2008. ISBN: 9780374345808. Ruth White shares a tender autobiographical story of growing up in Appalachia in the 1940’s. Told from the point of view of her sister, Audrey, 11 about a pivotal spring in the lives of her family. Audrey is a lovable, skinny big […]
Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls, Book 1: Moving Day
Cabot, Meg. Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls, Book 1: Moving Day. New York: Scholastic. 2008. ISBN: 9780545039475. Allie Finkle’s parents break some really big news: her family is moving! Fourth grader Allie isn’t so sure this is will be a good thing. What about her best friend, Mary Kay, or her teacher, Ms. Myers at Walnut […]