Three days before the end of sixth grade, a new girl shows up in Joni’s class. Chess (short for Francesca) is a California transplant to a farmstead near Joni’s in Vermont. Joni hopes they can be friends. Things start off… Read More ›
Political Activism
Black Water Rising
This is not a bad eco tale about a big company managing a dam irresponsibly and the folks affected by it. There are good adults shown, no sex, some violence, bad language and profanity. Not a bad tale but the… Read More ›
The List
This is another dystopian novel. Ice caps have melted and a community of survivors is existing (albeit not thriving) under the control of a strongman. Language is being ever more tightly circumscribed and The List refers to the only words… Read More ›
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