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Month: July 2012

  • The Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman by Meg Wolitzer

    You may not think that a book about Scrabble would keep you turning the pages, but Meg Wolitzer’s The Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman kept me engaged. Duncan and his mother have just moved across the country to Drilling Falls, Pennsylvania to live with Aunt Djuna.  Just as he is settling into his new school,  Duncan…

  • From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg

    Although I try to focus on recent Children’s and YA literature, I do slip the occasional classic into my reading mix.  I self consciously admit that there are many classics that I have not opened.  I wish that I was one of those Children’s Librarians who can truthfully claim that they have powered through all…

  • Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti by Frances Temple

         I often enjoy books that immerse me in other times and cultures, especially when I know very little about them.  Having little knowledge of modern politics in Haiti, Frances Temple’s A Taste of Salt was an engaging and eye opening book for me.  The story centers around two young characters: Djo and Jeremie.  Djo is…