I loved it, and am happy to shelve it alongside childhood favorites like Hatchet and Island of the Blue Dolphins and My Side of the Mountain. Schreiber has previously written a biography of Susan Sontag and several volumes of essays, and this is a work suffused with the essayistic sensibility. She used to live in northeast Los Angeles, central Ohio, northern Norway, and on Caribbean cruise ships. When the zoo director tells her the dangerous animals must be shot to prevent them running amok when the town is bombed, Elizabeth's mother moves Marlene into the back garden to save her… and then the bombs start to fall.

Can Maddie’s stubborn will to survive carry her through the most frightening experience of her life? Their story opens a window onto the many heartbreaks, difficult sacrifices and countless hardships that punctuate their obstacle-filled path.I recommend this for your older middle grader or young adult for there is language and the hardship she faces can be graphic at times. Amphetamine Sulphate', a chapbook press that prides itself on the cheap, brutal rush of pure literature. After her best friend dies in a drowning accident, Suzy is convinced that the true cause of the tragedy was a rare jellyfish sting.

While watching this daring girl fly through the sky, Jolene can dream of what it would be like to fly with her, far away from her own troubled home life where her mother struggles with a narcotic addiction. The most moving, memorable books are the ones that attempt to answer questions that the author has been struggling with for his entire life. The ending was abrupt and offered no real explanation and I don’t feel like it will resonate with me.That's how long Coyote and her dad, Rodeo, have lived on the road in an old school bus, criss-crossing the nation. I see the jocks stretching in their muscle shirts and think about how their shoulder blades look like vultures’ wings trying to tear free.