chrisholliman

Children's Librarian

recent posts

about

Month: February 2012

  • Brixton Brothers: The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity by Mac Barnett

       Twelve year old Steve Brixton is a detective.  He’s learned his trade by reading all 58 volumes of the Bailey Brothers mysteries as well as pouring over The Bailey Brother’s Detective Handbook.  He has a magnifying glass, a notebook, and a keen eye for thugs and hoods. Steve’s detective skills are put to the…

  • The Walls of Cartagena by Julia Durango

      It is the 17th century in Cartagena of the Indies (modern day Columbia), a time and place in which the slave trade is alive and well.  Thirteen year old Calepino, orphaned by his mother who died on a slave ship, finds himself in comfortable circumstances.  The  noblewoman Dona Isabel has taken him in and…