Eric is the new kid in town. He is trying to fit in and make new friends but it isn't always easy. After a couple weeks of sitting on the ground for lunch eric meets griffin. Griffin is the steryotypical hard core, bad, rule breaking kind of kid. Griffin invites Eric to play some ball one day, a...
It's been seven years since Jude's little sister Lily drowned in the backyard pool. His mother spends most of her time behind closed curtains self-medicating to get through her days. His father goes to work and comes home and then jogs to try to outrun his memories. Jude has the biggest guilt ...
This book is incredible! I read it to my boys the day before my oldest started kindergarten. Immediately the language of the book sucks you in and begs to be voiced by a thick accented buccaneer. We got to the end and went straight back to the beginning to read it again! This time we spent more t...
James Preller's SIX INNINGS is a wonderful book that takes place over the course of a little league baseball championship game. It tells many stories well. It captures, beautifully and simply, compelling moments in a meaningful game. And Preller weaves in, gracefully, over the course of that gam...
Home Sweet Horror is a fun horror novel for a young audience. James Preller does a great job creating a scary story in a small number of pages. I appreciate that the explanation for the house's haunting is minimal, and that the main outcome was not setting a soul free. Home Sweet Horror is meant...