Ms. Yingling Reads

Townsend, Wendy. The Sundown Rule . Nominated for the Cybils by Nancy Hogan. Louise and her father live an idyllic life in a small house i...

Ack! I FINALLY found a copy of Rich Wallace's War and Watermelon to read, and it was great! If anyone still needs to nominate for Middle...

Woods, Brenda. Saint Louis Armstrong Beach. Nominated for the Cybils by Nancy Paulsen. Saint (whose name forms the title) is happy in his li...

Brown, Don. America is Under Attack: The Day the Towers Fell. My daughter was 3 when 9/11 occurred, so when she had to do a project on it fo...

Howe, James. Addie on the Inside. Nominated for the Cybils by Tas ha Saecker Companion to The Misfits . Addie doesn't fit the mold i...

Salisbury, Graham. Calvin Coconut: Hero of Hawaii Nominated for the Cybils by Deb Nance Calvin is helping to prepare for his sister Darci...

Blom, Jen K. Possum Summer. Nominated for the Cybils by Astrid P Mochtarram ; copy received from the author. P. (short for Princess, which...

Hodgman, Ann . How to Die of Embarrassment Every Day: A True Story. Dear Ms. Hodgman, Would you like to have lunch? My treat. I can tell yo...

Donovan, Gail. What's Bugging Bailey Blecker. Nominated for the Cybils by Gail Gauthier . Bailey has chosen to go to school on the mainl...

Jacobson, Jennifer Richard. Small as an Elephant . Nominated for the Cybils. Jack wakes up in his tent at Acadia National Park to find that ...

Pearson, Mary E. The Fox Inheritance This sequel to the very good The Adoration of Jenna Fox does not disappoint. Locke and Kara are put ...

Kyi, Tanya Lloyd. The Lowdown on Denim. E-ARC from Netgalley. This is a reworking of much of the material in The Blue Jean Book by this sam...

I'm thrilled to be able to say that I will be a first round judge for the 2011 Cybils Middle Grade Fiction division! Being on the commi...

Moore, Peter. Red Moon Rising. Dante Gray (or Danny), is in a difficult position. His mother and step-father are vampires, but his father is...

Grabenstein, Chris . The Black Heart Crypt . Sequel to The Crossroads , The Hanging Hill , and The Smoky Corridor. (which I know I read at s...

Why do I even mention books that I didn't like? There was something appealing enough about the book description that I checked the boo...