Ms. Yingling Reads

Garner, Em. Contaminated 23 July 2013, Egmont USA Velvet is struggling after the devastating catastrophe that killed her father and reduc...

Vance, Alexander. The Heartbreak Messenger. 23 July 2013, Feiwel & Friends E ARC from Netgalley.com Quentin's pretty content to ...

While recent years have found me reading nothing but new books, if I had my druthers I would be basking in the wave of vintage books that ar...

Dalton, Michelle. Fifteenth Summer 7 May 2013, Simon Pulse Chelsea doesn't really want to leave California and spend the summer in M...

Angus, Sam. Soldier Dog. 16 April 2013 by Feiwel &Friends Stanley's life in rural Lancashire in 1917 is troubled. His mother has ...

Night, P.J. Creepover #10 : It's All Downhill From Here 16 October 2012, Simon Spotlight Maggie's parents are dragging...

I had planned to post on Guy Friday. However, this is a perfect book for World Wednesday because of this quote from page 10: Hamid is Musl...

I've decided that summers are a great time to host giveways and have author interviews and such. Today, I'm pleased to have som...

Davis, Jim. The Garfield Show : Unfair Weather 16 July 2013, Papercutz E ARC from publisher Garfield has his own graphic novel series de...

  It's Marvelous Middle Grade Monday at Ramblings of a Wannabe Scribe and What Are You Reading? d ay at Teach Mentor Texts. Both si...

Barson, K.A. 45 Pounds (More or Less) 11 July 2013, Viking Juvenile E ARC from Netgalley.com Ann struggles with her weight, but also wi...

Peyo. The Smurfs Anthology #1 25 June 2013, Papercutz Copy provided by publisher This larger format book is a great overview of the crea...

I get an amazing number of requests to review books, and I turn most of them down.Two authors recently caught my attention, though, because ...

If you haven't signed up for the Summer Throw Down, hurry over to The Brain Lair and do so immediately! I admit that I took an evil...

Check out this great graphic from Firstbook.org .  Those of us on the middle grade, realistic fiction Cybils committee definitely noticed ...

Hartry, Nancy. Smokescreen. 9 July 2013, Tundra Books E ARC from Netgalley.com When Kerry's shin splints keep her from participating...