Posts Tagged ‘Random House’Review: Finding SomewhereThursday, January 26th, 2012Finding Somewhere by Joseph Monninger. Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House. 2011. Reviewed from copy from publisher.
Review: Paper Covers RockWednesday, December 28th, 2011Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard. Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House. 2011. Library copy. Morris Award Short List.
Review: Flesh and Blood So CheapTuesday, November 8th, 2011Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy by Albert Marrin. Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books. 2011. Review copy from publisher.
The Good: My introduction to the Fire was… Read More Review: The RevenantTuesday, September 27th, 2011The Revenant by Sonia Gensler. Knopf, an imprint of Random House. 2011. The Plot: 1896. Willie Hammond, 17, knows what she doesn’t want; she doesn’t want to leave school, abandoning her (and her father’s) dreams of an excellent education. She doesn’t want to return to the family farm, with her mother, stepfather, and half-siblings. She doesn’t want the endless toil and drudgery of being treated as a hired hand by her mother and stepfather. So Willie runs away, pretending to be Angelina McClure, English teacher, heading to… Read More Review: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie SocietyFriday, September 2nd, 2011The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffee and Annie Barrows. Dial Press, a division of Random House Another in my series of “holiday reads” for grown ups! The Plot: London, 1946. Author Juliet Ashton, thirtysomething, is looking for an idea for a new book when she gets a letter from Dawsey Adams, a farmer from Guernsey who found her name in a book and is wondering if she could help him find more reading material. Told solely… Read More Review: RottersThursday, August 11th, 2011Rotters by Daniel Kraus. Delacorte, an imprint of Random House. 2011. Review copy from publisher.
The Plot: After Joey Crouch’s mother dies suddenly, the sixteen year old is sent to live with a father he’s never met. Chicago’s DCFS assures Joey that his father is expecting him and that the local county services has ensured it will be OK. Reluctantly, Joey leaves Chicago, the only place he’s ever lived, leaves his best friend, Boris, and goes to the small town of Bloughton. Nothing is as he… Read More Review: The Dark and Hollow PlacesTuesday, August 2nd, 2011The Dark and Hollow Places by Carrie Ryan. Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House. 2011. Review copy from publisher.
Annah waits, alone, scarred, not just by the abandonment of Abigail but also by… Read More Review: Texas GothicThursday, July 21st, 2011Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement-Moore. Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House. 2011. Review copy from publisher.
Review: The Emerald AtlasTuesday, July 5th, 2011The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens. Alfred A. Knopf Books for Younger Readers, an imprint of Random House. 2011. Reviewed from ARC from publisher. Middle grade.
Ten years later, Kate, now 14… Read More Review: The Lucky KindTuesday, June 28th, 2011The Lucky Kind by Alyssa B. Sheinmel The Plot: Nick Brandt, 16, doesn’t know that answering the phone will shake up his world. A strange man asks for “Sheffman Brandt,” knowing Nick’s father’s name but not knowing he goes by Rob, his middle name. A stranger, whose call upsets the tight, close world of Nick and his parents. The man calling is Sam Roth. As Rob Brandt later explains to Nick, thirty years ago Rob had a… Read More
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