Ms. Yingling Reads

As part of career day at Blendon (see Linda Gerber Interview!), our 8th graders were to shadow people in different jobs and ask them questio...

The best thing I can say about this book is that I don't normally like medieval fantasy novels, yet I kept this one as a special treat f...

There's a lot going on in Frankie's world. She has suddenly gone from being a skinny girl with frizzy hair to being the sort of girl...

Phyllis Whitney's The Golden Unicorn (1976), enjoyed a nice circulation in the 80s, but has been gathering a bit of dust. It's a dec...

A.M. Jenkin's Repossessed has appeared on several lists-- quick picks for reluctant readers and the like. Great cover, interesting prem...

Linda Gerber was here at Blendon for our career fair! She is very fun to hear and passionate about her writing. The students were thrilled (...

I very much enjoyed Padma Venkatraman's story of a girl struggling against social conventions in India during World War II. Vidya's ...

Tricia Rayburn's book, The Melting of Maggie Bean, is a good addition to books about eating disorders, which are wildly popular among 7...

Adam Selzer has a warped and very funny sense of humor. Like How to Get Suspended and Influence People , this book walked that very fine lin...

Some books are fine but don't meet my needs. Looked at (but did not read entirely) four fantasies aimed more at girls last night. Since ...

You think you're having a rough day? Clary goes out with her friends to a club and sees a boy murdered by two Shadowhunters-- only he is...

Basic premise: Luke, who when last seen was joining forces with the evil Kronos to take over the world, has found a way to breach Camp Half-...

Young is a science writer, which explains the huge range of gadgets that are used to help the teen members of Science and Technology to Over...

James Solheim's 1998 title It's Disgusting and We Ate It: True Facts From Around the World and Throughout History is still availabl...

While Non-Fiction Food Week, has been fun, if I don't post some other titles, they will back up! Remember that I am entering the Spring ...

This is the first book in The Tapestry series. I checked the Rowan Academy web site and didn't see the other titles listed yet (but it...

Both of these authors have some great titles individually-- Logue's Dancing with an Alien flies off the shelf when girls have to read sc...

These three titles might be hard to obtain, and they are in paperback, so I had to send them to the bindery, but the students have loved the...

The students really enjoy Beth Kimmerle's book from 2003. Packed with tons of vintage ads, wrappers and memorabilia, it covers lots of c...

This Beverly Bundy title from 2002 is a must have if you frequently have students doing research on various decades. It is also a fun read. ...