Category Archives: general youth fiction

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Hooples on the Highway Author: Stephen Manes Publisher: Avon Books, reprinted 1985 ISBN-13: 978-0380699896 ISBN-10: 0380699893 Language level: 2 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; 3=some cursing and/or profanity; 4=a lot of cursing … Continue reading →

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Nothing’s Fair in Fifth Grade Author: Barthe DeClements Cover Illustrator: Jeanette Adams Publisher: Puffin Books, republished 2008 ISBN-13: 978-0142413494 ISBN-10: 0142413496 Related website: Language level: 2 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; 3=some … Continue reading →

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: The Not-Just-Anybody Family Author: Betsy Byars Illustrator: Jacqueline Rigers Publisher: Yearling Books, republished 1987 ISBN-13: 978-0385294430 Hardcover ISBN-10: 0385294433 Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-0440459514 Paperback ISBN-10: 0440459516 Paperback Language level: 3 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish … Continue reading →

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: The Summer of Riley Author: Eve Bunting Cover Illustrator: Rob Hefferan Publisher: HarperCollins, reprinted 2002 ISBN-13: 978-0064409278 ISBN-10: 0064409279 Language level: 2 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; 3=some cursing and/or profanity; 4=a … Continue reading →

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Blue Heron Author: Avi (Edward Irving Wortis) Publisher: HarperCollins, reissued 1993 ISBN-13: 978-0380720439 ISBN-10: 0380720434 Language level: 3 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; 3=some cursing and/or profanity; 4=a lot of cursing and/or … Continue reading →