Sophie's mom has an idea that would thrill most girls. She decides that the family needs a horse. The first problem is that Sophie doesn't want anything to do with horses and the second problem is that the pony Mom buys is as mean as they get. She bites, rolls over on her rider and runs away with the pony cart. This pony is followed by two other horses each with their own set of challenges. Will Sophie survive being part of a horse family? Read The Truth About Horses, Friends, & My Life as a Coward to find out.

Reviewed by: caroll

Date read: 12/9/2009

ISBN-10: 0761454594

ISBN-13: 9780761454595

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When Will Burrows, and his friend, Chester, embark on a quest to find Will's archaeologist father, who has disappeared, they are led to a labyrinthine world underneath London, full of sinister inhabitants with evil intentions toward 'Topsoilers,' like Will and his father. Book one of the Tunnels series.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 3/25/2009

ISBN-13: 9780545078814

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Melly and Anny Beth are amongst a nursing home filled with seniors that are given the drug PT-1. This drug makes reverse aging possible. Melly, Anny Beth, and the other who were given this drug first believe that they have been given a second chance on life-a do-over so to speak. Soon Melly and Anny Beth find out the down sides to this reverse aging-such as when they lose a year they also lose a year of memories from their 'first life.' Journey with Melly and Anny Beth as they search for someone to care for them when they become babies. Is turnabout really fair play?

Reviewed by: jb

Date read: 8/25/2009

ISBN-10: 0689821875

ISBN-13: 9780689821875

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This quiet, gentle story about a turtle gathering dreams for her first winter is a nice choice for a longer bedtime read-aloud (for someone with a longer attention span) or for a confident beginning reader who is ready for longer spans of text with fewer pictures. This is a peaceful read, but still an entertaining one, about different animals' experiences of the winter season and about a young turtle preparing herself for something new. Illustrations in rich autumn tones mirror the spirit of the text. (Reading Level: 1.6)

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 1/14/2011

ISBN-10: 0823413225

ISBN-13: 9780823413225

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When Turtle's mother finds a job as a live-in housekeeper in New Jersey she accepts it even though they don't allow children. It is 1935 and jobs are very difficult to find. Turtle is sent to live with her aunt and uncontrollable boy cousins in Key West. Everything is very different here. No one wears shoes and scorpions are common. She meets a long lost grandmother and possibly her true father. A treasure map hidden in an old piano leads her and the boys on a nearly deadly adventure as a storm rips the island they are stranded on. Just as soon as Turtle thinks all her dreams have come true, they're crushed by a man that she and her mother trusted.

Awards nominated: 2013 Rebecca Caudill Nominee

Reviewed by: rn

Date read: 10/5/2012

ISBN-13: 9780375836886

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