Ms. Yingling Reads

I finally broke down and read In the Land of the Lawn Weenies , which certainly does Louise Rennison proud in an attempt to force librarian...

After reading One Good Punch and recommending the Winning Seaso n series countless times, I thought I had better read one of these short, ...

This is not a book for middle school collections, but I could not put it down. It would be extremely thought provoking for high school coll...

Believe it or not, I really enjoy nonfiction, but it's a very hard sell to my students. I really enjoyed Jim Murphy's The Great Fire...

If you want a serious challenge, take a look at this web site: http://theshadyglade.blogspot.com/2008/01/young-adult-literature-challenge.ht...

I always love stories of turn-of-the-(last)century immigrants, and this coverage of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory strike and fire was abl...

The Fire Within, Icefire, and Fire Star have all been very popular in my library. Given the covers, and the length, I assumed they were ha...

My students especially enjoy this author's Book of the Lion series, as well as his two mythologically oriented books, Starfall:Phaeton...

Given this cover, and not the Nick Sharrat one, I thought the book would be about time travel. It wasn't, but since it was still Jacque...

When I say that this book is sort of a novelization of "The Biggest Loser" for teenagers, that sounds like a criticism, but it re...

This author has the sad romance down to a fine science. There are so many devoted fans at my school that I picked up a bunch of paperbacks t...

How do I not already have a copy of this? After reading this author's The Keeping Corner , I checked this one out... again, apparently....

In middle school, I loved post apocalyptic tales like Z for Zachariah , so this one would have pleased me inordinately, as did my 8th grade...

If your library doesn't already have an older (1988) copy of The Duplicate , you may be forced to read a paperback with this really, re...

I love biographies. In the 4th grade, I would bring home two Childhood of Famous Americans books every night and read them. Elizabeth Blac...

Donald J. Sobol's Encyclopedia Brown books were my second great love (after Carolyn Haywood), so I was tickled to see that at the age...

E.L. Konigsburg can be very, very good. One need look no further than From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler . This title had...

For fans of Whelan's Homeless Bird , this book about a young Indian widow circa 1918 is even better. Sheth, who did the wonderful Blue ...

Admittedly, I was reluctant to read yet another medieval quest fantasy, especially one in which the first few pages talked about Wargals, b...

William Sleator's Dangerous Wishes was a worthy sequel to his Spirit House. Dom, the younger brother from the first book, is now 15, an...