Review:I bought this book for our adopted Ethiopian son the night my life partner was arrested for grand-theft auto at a Peter Piper's Pizza in Tulsa.

I knew that one way or another we were going to have to break the news to Billy that his other daddy was going away for a while, that both of his daddies still loved him very much, and that everything was going to be okay. And this book delivered all that, but it fell short of giving Billy an accurate picture of what his daddy was going through.<... Read more

Review:Book is way too specific for one persons experience (took an airplane, couldn't wake up grandpa, love baseball, etc). Could have been a great domestic adoption book if it was just a little more generic. Read more

Review:If you've read the first two Reckoners books you're going to read this one anyway, and you won't regret it. As a whole the trilogy is great, and the first 75% of this book is great. Even though it's marketed as YA I thoroughly enjoy it as an adult; it's "lighter" than Brandon's other fantasy, but still written intelligently with an engaging, generally well-paced plot and action and fantastic world building.

Unfortunately the end of this book (which is also the end of the trilogy) felt r... Read more

Review:This book has plot that keeps you there right until the end, but there are some particular points that keeps it from being as well written as Patterson's "Middle School" series. For one, the storytelling in the beginning is somewhat hard to read because of how it keeps jumping time. The other, lesser point is that the book is not as well crafted as it could have been. Read more

Review:Well written. For the right audience, I think this book will pack a punch. LaFleur knows how to capture that tween voice. Full of angst and self loathing, Cricket struggles to find herself without losing who she really is. Unlike Love Aubrey, this book seems written exclusively for kids. Little cross-over appeal for adult readers. Great choice for an in-classroom collection for independent reading. Read more

Review:I was excepting to laugh out loud. But instead, this book wasn't even all that funny. Also, I read this book in 4 days and now its over. I could've just bought something else that was going last a while. I basically put my money down the drain. I was very disappointed. Read more

Review:This book looks at the world from the perspective of: a victim, jerk, friend, kid comic, and most importantly... Butt Level. Meet Jamie Grimm- the sit-down kid comic. The funniest kid comic finals await him in Hollywood, the stakes rocket up sky-high. But there is something in his hometown that needs those stakes more than Jamie. Could it be A. a big-time Hollywood agent? B. Millions of dollars worth of damage? C. a penthouse in New York City? or D. The middle school bully/ his cousin Stevie Kos... Read more

Review:My daughter recently started middle school and was worried about changing classes, changing for gym and being in a new building. This book helped to ease some of her anxiety and offered some good tips and advice. Read more

Review:I recommend you read this book to your self first then prep the little one before reading it to her/him. I took my mini person outside in the dark (carried her) and got her to say hello to the dark, hello to the stars etc (she thought that was great fun). Then I took her to bed and read the book to her. She was transfixed but loved it. We would then go to the closet and the basement and say hello to the dark there too. Its a great book because it doesnt sugar coat the fact that the dark wil... Read more

Review:Liesl & Po jumps right into its alternate universe where the sun no longer shines and ghosts from The Other Side are able to communicate with The Living Side. The lack of setup resulted in me feeling frustrated a number of times. I stopped reading for over a month before I was able to get past my annoyance at plot points. Once I got through the first few chapters, Liesl & Po progressed into a much more enjoyable book. The initial chapters introduce the various characters, but there's... Read more