Posts Tagged ‘friendship’
Book Review | The Life and Opinions of Amy Finawitz
by Laura Toffler-Corrie
Score: 3.0
© 2010, Roaring Brook Press.
In an effort to distract Amy from her sadness over losing her best friend to a move to the heartland (Kansas), a caring teacher creates a class assignment involving the diaries of 19th century immigrants. Not only does Amy immerse herself in the project, but she enlists a kind, elderly neighbor, [...]
Book Review | mockingbird (mok’ing-bûrd)
by Kathryn Erskine
Score: 3.5
© 2010, Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group, USA.
Caitlin is in Fifth Grade when her older brother, Devon, is shot and killed during a school shooting. Caitlin has Asperger’s Syndrome, and Devon was the one person in the world who could help her navigate life’s difficulties and do things “the right way.” Everyone is [...]
Book Review | Marcelo in the Real World
by Francisco X. Stork
Score: 4
© 2009, Arthur A. Levine, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.
Marcelo Sandoval is 18-years-old and making plans for the summer between his junior and senior year at Paterson High School, a special preparatory school for children with autism and Asperger’s Syndrome (AS). Looking forward to working as the stable man at Paterson, in charge of caring [...]
Book Review | The Legend of Freedom Hill
by Linda Jacobs Altman
Score: 3
Illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright & Ying-Hwa Hu
© 2000, Lee & Low Books.
During the Gold Rush of the 1850’s, Rosabel and Sophie are best friends because they are both outsiders in a very small California town. Rosabel is African American and Sophie is Jewish.
Although Rosabel is free and has papers to prove it, Miz Violet, her [...]
