A Review of Carolyn Pogue’s A World of Faith: Introducing Spiritual...
Carolyn Pogue’s A World of Faith: Introducing Spiritual Traditions to Teens is a book that attempts to give overviews of nine major religions, including the goddess tradition, aboriginal spirituality,...
View ArticleIt’s Kind of a Funny Story Book Review
It’s Kind of a Funny Story is definitely a funny story. The novel follows the life of a clinically depressed teenager, Craig Gilner. He is under the pressure of an exclusive, demanding school in...
View ArticleThat Distracts Me
There are few things That distract me so Like the sound of the waves And the way they flow One of these things Is the sky The way it breathes All the way up high But the one thing That distracts me so...
View ArticleWho Turned Off the Lights?–When Creativity Leaves the Room
I am a writer who is most creative when I am not writing. Ideas for my novels strike when I am doing the simplest things. Taking a shower. Walking the dog. Playing Candyland with my four-year-old. The...
View ArticleA Review of The Book Thief
The Book Thief stole two hours of my life. Markus Zusak’s popular young-adult novel was adapted as a movie in 2013. Unfortunately, it fell a little flat for this reviewer. The plot involves a young...
View ArticleA Review of A Step from Heaven
A Step from Heaven tells the fictitious story of Young Ju, a girl whose Korean family moves to America in the search of a better life. Yet Mi Gook, which means “America” in Korean, is not the heaven...
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