Story Web Reflects Weakening Connections, Current Times

Crows, Bears and Moose, Oh My! Because I’m a sucker for a story with a close father/daughter relationship, I really enjoyed The Story Web, by Megan Frazer Blakemore. But it is not the only reason. I also love the small-town dynamics, the role ice hockey plays in the...

Chase Gets a Mulligan

It’s not often you get a “do over” or mulligan in life, but that’s exactly what happens to Chase Ambrose in Gordon Korman’s novel Restart (2017, Scholastic Press). The first scene opens with Chase waking up in the hospital and learning that he’s had an accident that...