Or perhaps you've already been introduced? I'm a little late to the Spiderline* party. Ava's big-screen deal has already taken shape, but we've only just met. She has developed quite the reputation since The Water Rat of Wanchai was published last January. When she meets Captain Robbins in Guyana, in
Little, Brown & Company, 2012 Reagan Arthur Imprint If you grew up in a country where it snows, you probably have at least one memory of making a snowman. Mine never turned out looking like they did in storybooks; the snow wasn't always quite right, the shapes were
In March: The highlight of my reading month was all my girl-ish reading. Everywhere I look, it's Girls Girls Girls. And it shows. In non-fiction reading, with Peggy Orenstein's Cinderella Ate My Daughter and Rachel Lloyd's Girls Like Us. Both of these got shelved on my World-Changing shelf
When I was a younger reader, I avoided stories about boys. A friend of mine sought them out because the boys had all the best adventures and the girls were always learning how to be 'good'; I kept reading stories about girls in search of the ones who were 'bad'
The details are here. In short, it's all about having fun. (So says Carl, the inimitable host.) Shouldn't be much of a challenge, really, with great company and great stories. There are many quests from which to choose. I'd like to opt for the Multi-Quest version, please. That's Quest the Second (with at
