Then – Morris Gleitzman

Posted on July 13th, 2009 in Private lives, War and peace by Maree

This is the second story of Felix and Zelda.
They escaped from the Nazis
but how long can they now survive when there are so many people ready to hand them over for a reward?
Thanks to the courage of a kind, brave woman
they are able to hide for a time in the open,
but Felix knows he has [...]

Uncanny

Posted on July 13th, 2009 in Out of this world, Side-splitters by Maree

Paul Jennings offers a collection of wacky tales, each featuring a ghost, a skeleton, or at least a twist of magic.
In “Without a Shirt,” Brian’s dog keeps fetching human bones that try to rearrange themselves; the “Skeleton on the Dunny” haunts an outhouse; young Anton saves his beloved lighthouse with the help of musical [...]

Dreamland – Sarah Dessen

Posted on July 13th, 2009 in Private lives by Maree

Strange, sleepy Rogerson, with his long brown dreads and brilliant green eyes, had seemed to Caitlin to be an open door.
With him she could be anybody, not just the second-rate shadow of her older sister, Cass.
But now she is drowning in the vacuum Cass left behind when she turned her back on her family’s expectations [...]