Recent Posts Tagged With 'young adult fiction'

• Cicada Summer

  Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 13:10 in review, young adult fiction, divorce & separation, dads only

  Poor Lily has never been quite right since the accident.  Unable to read or even speak, she’s become all but invisible to most of the townsfolk except for her father and Fern the kindly shopkeeper.  But Lily is hiding a dark secret.  She really ...

• Airborn

  Posted on Monday October 26th, 2009 at 10:00 in review, young adult fiction, divorce & separation, about dads

  This award-winning YA novel concerns the adventures of 15-year-old Matt Cruse, cabin boy aboard the lighter-than-air ship Aurora. Matt lives in an alternate history, steampunk world in which such dirigibles, filled with a gas called hydrium, have t...

• Big Red

  Posted on Sunday September 6th, 2009 at 21:55 in review, young adult fiction, dads only

  Title: Big Red Author: Jim Kjelgaard Reviewed by William Bentrim from Pick of the Literate Big Red is the name that Danny Pickett gave to Mr. Haggin's show dog.Post from: Book Dads: Fathers Who Read!Big Red...

• Two-Minute Drill

  Posted on Friday September 4th, 2009 at 15:48 in review, young adult fiction, about dads

  Two-Minute Drill Author: Mike Lupica Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Publisher: Philomel (September 20, 2007) ISBN-10: 0399247157 Book Source: Publisher Scott Parry is – once again – the new kid at school, and just wants to fit in and make friends.  Bu...

• Running for My Life

  Posted on Saturday August 22nd, 2009 at 14:31 in review, young adult fiction, about dads

  Running for My Life Written by Ann Gonzalez Running for My Life is the story of 14-year-old Andrea surviving the trauma caused by her schizophrenic mother. She has the help of her wonderful father, a super best friend, and a great counselor. In betwe...

• The Rolling Stones

  Posted on Tuesday April 21st, 2009 at 08:57 in review, young adult fiction, about dads

  The Rolling Stones by Robert A. Heinlein The Rolling Stones tells about the adventures of the Stone Family as they make their way through the settled solar system.Post from: Book Dads: Fathers That Read! The Rolling Stones Related posts:The Story ...

• Hot Hands - A Comeback Kids Novel

  Posted on Wednesday March 18th, 2009 at 13:51 in review, young adult fiction, about dads

  Hot Hands - A Comeback Kids Novel by Mike Lupica Ten year old Billy Raynor only lives for one thing, and that’s basketball.  When he’s on the basketball court with his buddy Lenny and his team the Magic, he’s truly happy and it see...