Good sports writing should appeal not only to fans but also to readers with no special connection to a sport, says Alyson Rudd, chair of the judging panel of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award. She talks us through the six excellent books that made the 2024 shortlist, from ...
11-year-old Ellie is constantly bullied for being fat. Can she gain the confidence to be unapologetically herself? Ages 10-13 but the themes and verse novel format make this book appealing to older teens as well. Read more about it in our selection ofbest books of 2022 for kids. ...
Stolen Queen:When anthropology student Charolette Cross is offered an archaeological dig in the Valley of Kings in Egypt. But when a tragedy strikes, she knows life will never be the same. Eighteen old year old Annie Jenkins is ecstatic to work for well- known fashion editor Diana Vreeland, ...
11-year-old Rinko lives in Berkeley, California during the Great Depression and life isn’t easy, especially when you are Japanese American because she encounters prejudice almost daily. When her family opens a small laundry, their local competitor, a well-known bigot, and bully threatens them....
really cared about the seventeen year old boy narrator and the Mexican family he lives with for a summer. I don’t think I’ve ever read before about the tension between a person with some money and people with almost no money– people who are actually in daily contact and like each oth...
About Sports Book:To get a better understanding of this book, you have to go back to the story ofThe Greatest Game Ever Playedas it highlights a 10-year-old caddy, Eddie Lowry, who was with Francis Ouimet when he won the U.S. Open Championship. Fast forward years down the road, and...
Celebrating the first year of the return of NHL hockey to Winnipeg 30917: Stephen Spotte - Fish and Invertebrate Culture; Water Management in Closed Systems (2nd ed.) 28301: H.B. Spotton - The Commonly Occurring Wild Plants of Canada: A Flora for the Use of Beginners (Part II, High ...
Twelve-year-old Ann understands there is only one thing to be grateful for as a slave: having her family together. But when the master falls into debt, he plans to sell both Ann and her younger brother to two different owners. Ann is convinced her family must run away on the Underground...
Meet Beatrice Bottomwell: a nine-year-old girl who has never (not once!) made a mistake. Life for Beatrice is sailing along pretty smoothly until she does the unthinkable she makes her first mistake. And in a very public way! Beautiful Oops! by Barney Saltzberg The book shows young read...
When the sisters reunite a year later, old wounds and rivalries surface. LiteraryinPA This sounds really good! For some reason when I considered it as a BOTM choice it didn‘t jump out at me. 2mo Christine So looking forward to this one, even more after your review! 2mo younever...