Title: The Throne of Fire Author: Rick Riordan Genre: Young Adult Publication Date: 2011 When last we left Carter and Sadie Kane, things were not going well: they have defeated Set (the Egyptian god of storms and destruction), only to the faced with the realization that Apophis, the lord of chaos, will soon break free…
Tag: history
“Write about what disturbs you, particularly if it bothers no one else.”
Title: The Help Author: Kathryn Stockett Genre: Fiction, Race Publication Date: 2009 The publisher’s summary: Aibileen is a black maid in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, raising her seventeenth white child. She’s always taken orders quietly, but lately it leaves her with a bitterness she can no longer bite back. Her friend Minny has certainly never held…
Next Gas: 200,000 Miles
Title: Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void Author: Mary Roach Genre: Non-fiction, Science Publication Date: 2010 Purchase Price: $25.95 (hardback) Space. The final frontier. What lies beyond the earth and its moon? How does space travel affect the human body and mind? Is it possible that someday we’ll put a…
A good kind man
Title: March Author: Geraldine Brooks Genre: Historical fiction Publication Date: 2005 Purchase Price: $15.00 (paperback) In Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, very little is known about Mr. March (the girls’ father and Mrs. March’s husband). In part one of Alcott’s masterpiece, the father figure is away, working as a chaplain for the Union Army. He…
Helen Keller Was a Socialist, and Other Fun Facts
Title: Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong Author: James W. Loewen Genre: Non-fiction, History Publication Date: 1995 (Original edition) Purchase Price: $16.00 (Updated and Revised Edition – Paperback) “High school students hate history.” Truer words than these are not often spoken. History CAN be dull; it’s an endless stream…