Ms. Yingling Reads

Reading the third Spartan Quest book reminded me of why I am glad I am not a Spartan-- their life was really harsh! Michael Ford has taken a...

I don't know why the first book in this series, Evernight , tefloned right through my brain; perhaps I read it with a whole bunch of vam...

Thank goodness! Back to checking out books, talking about books, and getting more books from the public library! Spent a lot of time over br...

The subtitle to Barbara Ensor's Cinderella is "as if you didn't already know the story: a quick read for smart girls". Thi...

I love time travel books, which is probably why I was so enthusiastic about Any Which Wall . Charlotte Sometimes and The Children of Green ...

Tyne O’Connell-- Pulling Princes(2004), Stealing Princes(2005) On the upside—both of these books had great covers, and were about a private ...

Started Haddix's Sent today, but was not into it. Made the mistake of going to the library, where they had Maeve Binchy's Heart and...

Pearl, Nancy. Book Crush . I didn’t find this particularly helpful, but people who aren’t well versed in YA literature might. This is divide...

There has been such buzz about Justine Larbelestier's Liar that I was very excited when my daughter brought it home from her library. Su...

Margaret Peterson Haddix does so many good books, and they are on a variety of topics. I'm not surprised that she was asked to finish th...

I really enjoyed David Walliams' The Boy in the Dress . It had a very nice, breezy English flavor, reminiscent of Dahl in its conversati...

Finally got a copy of the new Anthony Horowitz book! Eeeeeeee! Alex doesn't want to be a spy. It's painful, it worries his guardian ...

I hope Chelsey at The Page Flipper tells more about the great cupcake party she had, because I have forgotten most of the bloggers' nam...

In preparation for the library renovation in summer 2010, parent volunteers and I have been weeding. I have to tell myself repeatedly that w...

Head over to Karin's Book Nook to check out the contest to win a copy of the sequel to Maggie Stiefvater's Shiver ! Impossible for ...

Kate has a ton of work to finish during her senior year. She is on every committee, is involved in all sorts of activities, has a steady boy...

Warning: I left all of these books at home and may forget details. Even though my daughter thinks that vampire ninjas are wrong, Mike Lake...

Ernie is overweight and has long been the target of his classmates' taunting. He's learned that if you ignore the idiots and keep a ...

The problem with being a conscientious librarian is that sometimes I can't read books for months after we get them. Crocodile Tears came...

In John Wilson's The Flags of War , Walt, from Canada, and Nate, from South Carolina, are cousins but have never met. Nate knows he must...