For
years, I’ve recommended good reads for kids at schools, libraries,
and
conferences.* Now I can do it here!
So
every week or so, I’ll tell you about the last best book I’ve read. I’ll keep
it short, so you’ll have more time to read my favorites.
Ta
Daa! The first:
The
Knee Bone Boy by Ellen Potter
Please
don’t judge this book by its cover, unless you’re a fan of saucer eyed anime
kids.
The Hardscrabble kids(mute Otto,
“take-charge” Lucia and clever Max) would be right at home with the Pevensie
kids from The The Chronicles of Narnia and the Drews from the Dark
is Rising.The problems facing the Hardscrabble kids aren’t supernatural,
but they are just as suspenseful. A missing mother, an absent Dad, and an
adventure in a miniature castle with a dotty aunt…that’s exciting. Oh, who is
the Kneebone Boy? I’m not telling.
Boys and Girls
Upper Elementary to Middle Grade
*Why listen to me? I have a Master’s in Reading, have been a
children’s bookseller,
am a Writer’s Digest
judge, author (Monsters and Water Beasts, Henry Holt), and most
important, a “Book Gobbler!”
By the way, no one pays me to review their book. So, I might
not recommend a best seller. I just applaud good writing.
