Ms. Yingling Reads

While this book was a bit short of a plot (we all know that eventually Vesuvius is going to blow), it is about the best book I have ever rea...

Had to chant to myself "Kids like series. Kids like series." in order to finish Lemony Snicket's The Austere Academy (#5). I ...

This was great! Enjoyed completely! Five teenagers, all with special abilities (lock picking, reading body language, hacking into computer, ...

Was very much looking forward to this title, with its Conford/Danzigeresque title, loved the cover, but was temporarily put off by the forma...

Haven't found anything that has made me happy, but it might be the weather. Looked through several longish fantasy books that just didn...

I had my doubts about Gordon Korman's Schooled. Boy raised on commune with no experience in a modern middle school suddenly thrust into...

Read ...and the Deathly Hallows in one gulp. Seven hours. I usually pace myself, but when I was looking at how many chapters there were to f...

Before the marauding horde realizes I'm on the computer, here's what I have been reading: Fantastic: Abdel-Fattah, Randa. Does My ...

Definitely buying this one. Great cover ( shimmery copper skull with corpses for eyeballs!) and a great tag line:" Is a contest worth d...

Demon Keeper was quite a fun read. Not as horrific as some of my students would like, although I wouldn't personally want to be hunted ...

Think the series is The Wereling . Book one is Wounded. I think that readers of Twilight would like this one, although it lacks the romance...

Tina Ferraro's first young adult book was great fun. Unabashedly pink on the cover but more serious on the inside, this will be a hugely...

Sadly, I just found out that this young author passed away in April. http://www.projectgirl.com/ Read Harlem Hustle last night. First off, ...

The books I will buy: Jan Page's Rewind was a great time travel story about a boy in a rock band who goes back in time, after an accide...

What would you wear if you were time traveling? This is very important, you know. Several people at my school and I have discussed this at l...

Michael Daley's Shanghaied to the Moon fills a niche perfectly. Reluctant readers who want science fiction to be a littel more serious ...

This is a lengthy (450 pages) fantasy book and will be great for my avid readers who have finished ALLof Orson Scott Card's Enders books...

Loved the voice on this one. Quoted half the first chapter to my daughter, because it was just funny and fresh. Here is an example (from pg ...

My nine-year-old has decided that all books are boring. This was a shocker. I knew she was starting but not finishing things, but she is a s...

Yang's American Born Chinese was on the just returned shelf, so I took it home. Won Printz and American Book honors, I think. Not bad. ...