I vividly remember reading this book in the fifth grade. I found it unscientific, wildly implausible, vague, and artistically undistinguished.The book takes place at an unspecified date in the future when the sun is dying for an unspecified reason. The main characters--like many people on the pla...
My friend Barbara introduced me to Jill Paton Walsh at a CLNE Institute (Children’s Literature New England). I’ve read many of Jill’s books and admire her greatly. Finding Fireweed in the Negril Branch Library was an unexpected surprise. This YA book was published in 1969.It’s set in London durin...
This was a very interesting book about the seige and fall of Constantinople. It is rare to find children's historical fiction about this event, and this book was very enjoyable.The author pulls you into the events around the coronation of the last Byzantine emperor by introducing a boy from Engla...