Book Review
As Rea’s twelfth birthday approaches, she’s anything but excited. Her relationship with her twin brother, Rohan, has grown distant and her Amma and Bajai seem to favor him above all else. When Rea has an opportunity to spoil Rohan’s own secret birthday fun, she takes it and revels in her triumph. That is until Rohan goes missing.
As Elsie prepares her two daughters to go to sleep, the girls ask for a bedtime story. She obliges, and thus begins a magical tale of Mayari, one that conjures her path to becoming the moon goddess.
Violet is math whiz, Pi fan, and pie fan. She can calculate numbers at lightning speed, has extensive knowledge of Pi, and loves making math charts for everyday life. But when her father suddenly leaves the family equation, Violet’s world becomes much harder to figure out, much harder to chart.
Many Points of Me by Caroline Gertler – BOOK REVIEW
Georgia’s father, a famous artist, died nearly two years ago, and not a day goes by that she misses him. Her passion for art feels lackluster and empty.
Sofia is a typical New Zealand teen. She writes in a diary, wants a job for some extra pocket money, hopes to buy a pair of boots she loves, gets nervous giving speeches in front of people, and tolerates the antics of her younger brothers. As Sofia writes about her life in the 1970s, we see how she and her family become involved in the civil rights movement spreading across the country and world.
Cora and Quinn used to be best friends. They were inseparable. They were Cora and Quinn. Cora and Quinn. CoraandQuinn. That is until Quinn’s older brother, Parker, kills Cora’s sister Mabel in a school shooting.
