HarperTrophy; Reprint ed, August, 2003 ISBN: 0064408884 Available: New and Used Joseph Bruchac retells a tale from the Mohawk Indians about a man who was so hungry he ate his own flesh, leaving nothing but a skeleton, and then ate the rest of his family with the exception of a young niece. In Bruchac’s […]
Category: historical fiction
High Moon Volume 1: Bullet Holes and Bite Marks by David Gallaher, art by Steve Ellis Super Genius, 2017 ISBN: 9781629918419 Available: print High Moon, the horror adventure webcomic from Zudacomics.com, full of werewolves, hoodoo, and supernatural mystery, is now in graphic novel form. In the first chapter, set in the Old West, bounty hunter Matthew Macgregor […]
Book Review: The Black Pearl by Scott O’Dell
September 25, 2017The Black Pearl by Scott O’Dell HMH Editions for Young Readers, 2010 (reprint) ISBN-13: 978-0547334004 Available: Paperback, Audible, Kindle edition Scott O’Dell is best known as a writer of historical fiction for children, particularly for novels set in California or Mexico. He is most well-known for his middle-grade survival story and Newbery Award-winning novel Island of […]
Book Review: The Fifth Doll by Charlie N. Holmberg
September 18, 2017The Fifth Doll by Charlie N. Holmberg 47North, 2017 ISBN-13:978-1477806104 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition, Audible, MP3 CD The Fifth Doll is an excellent fantasy novel for pre-teens and young adults. Charlie N. Holmberg has written several novels about young heroines who face the trials and tribulations of life and magic. The current novel gives readers not […]
Review: Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale by David Kudler
February 16, 2016Kano Murakai, better known as Risuko (Squirrel) loves only one thing more than climbing—her family. But her mother has just sold her to Lady Chiyomi, a mysterious woman who runs a compound that trains women to be soldiers in Japan’s hundred year long civil war. It takes Risuko a while to figure this out, but […]