Bookshelf of a (Maybe) Teen Author, by Emily Russell An engaging and innovative fairy tale that celebrates the fundamental strength of a woman’s love. I just want to start out by saying this book is from a vanity press; this means the author paid Dorrance Publishing instead of the other way around. This isn’t necessarily […]
Bookshelf of a (Maybe) Teen Author, by Emily Russell “A wonderful blend of humor, magic, and romance.” – Publishers Weekly After a great sleepover, during which I was introduced to the movie version of this story, I knew I simply had to read this book. So I bought it from Gottwal’s and put everything else […]
Bookshelf of a (Maybe) Teen Author, by Emily Russell What if you could live forever? The first week of August is the exact middle of summer – the dog days. And in 1881, three unrelated events set in motion the strangest first week of August that Winnie Foster had ever seen. Winnie’s parents and grandmother […]
Bookshelf of a (Maybe) Teen Author, by Emily Russell Drama is required reading. When four women in the same yoga class put their heads together, the result is a group of four girls who would rather be anywhere but discussing Little Women with each other and their mothers. Throw in a typical exclusive clique, a […]
Bookshelf of a (Maybe) Teen Author, by Emily Russell. Forget everything you know about Santa, because it is just not true! When eleven-year-old Jakob’s best friends said they didn’t believe in Santa, they never expected anything to happen. But when their neighbor, Tiff, tells them of a Christmas curse; Jakob dreams of a man who […]
Bookshelf of a (Maybe) Teen Author, by Emily Russell. “This formulaic, fairy-tale-based romance will be a favorite with girls.” – School Library Journal This book starts with Cindy’s letter to Castle Heights High’s newspaper editor. Of course, none of her letters are ever printed, so it doesn’t really matter that the whole thing is about […]
Bookshelf of a (Maybe) Teen Author, by Emily Russell. Departures: Two Rediscovered Stories of Christy Miller and Sierra Jensen (The Christy Miller Collection), by Robin Jones Gunn This book is actually two short stories that go with her Christy Miller and Sierra Jensen series. Since they are two separate stories, I’m going to write a […]