http://sonderbooks.com/blog Book Reviews by Sondra Eklund Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:27:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale read by Chelsea Mixon and the Full Cast Family Full Cast Audio, 2008.  6 compact discs, 7 hours, 30 minutes. Starred review www.fullcastaudio.com www.squeetus.com When I first read Book of a Thousand Days ( http://www.sonderbooks.com/Teens/book_of_a_thousand_days.html ), I wasn't quite ready to declare it the best book I've ever read.  Could ... http://sonderbooks.com/blog/2008/11/19/review-of-book-of-a-thousand-days-by-shannon-hale-audiobook/ Crazy for God How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of It Back by Frank Schaeffer Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York, 2007.  417 pages. Starred review. Frank Schaeffer is the son of Francis and Edith Schaeffer, founders of L'Abri ... http://sonderbooks.com/blog/2008/11/15/review-of-crazy-for-god-by-frank-schaeffer/ Saving the Griffin by Kristin Wolden Nitz Peachtree, 2007.  184 pages. Starred Review Sonderbooks Stand-out 2008, #1 Children's Fiction http://www.peachtree-online.com/ http://www.kwnitz.com/ I'm finally reviewing my friend Kristin's wonderful book.  Unfortunately, when it first came out, I was in the middle of moving and grad school and lots of things that led to stacks of books I meant ... http://sonderbooks.com/blog/2008/11/12/review-of-saving-the-griffin-by-kristin-wolden-nitz/   Knucklehead Tall Tales & Mostly True Stories About Growing Up Scieszka by Jon Scieszka Viking, 2008.  106 pages. Starred Review www.penguin.com/youngreaders Now we know how Jon Scieszka got so funny!  He grew up with five brothers. I got to hear the author read from this book at the National Book Festival in September, so I knew I ... http://sonderbooks.com/blog/2008/11/11/review-of-knucklehead-by-jon-scieszka/ Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2007.  407 pages. Starred Review www.randomhouse.com/teens "I've heard it said that girls can't keep secrets.  That's wrong: we'd proved it.  We'd kept ours for years and years, ever since we came to live at Piscul Dracului and stumbled on the way into the Other Kingdom.  ... http://sonderbooks.com/blog/2008/11/11/review-of-wildwood-dancing-by-juliet-marillier/ Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix Book #1 of the Shadow Children series Aladdin Paperbacks, 2000.  153 pages. I finally read the first book in this series, having completely forgotten that I read the second book already, Among the Imposters (http://www.sonderbooks.com/ChildrensFiction/amongimpostors.html ). This book sets the stage for the series.  Luke lives on a farm.  ... http://sonderbooks.com/blog/2008/11/10/review-of-among-the-hidden-by-margaret-peterson-haddix/ Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George Bloomsbury, New York, 2008.  328 pages. Starred Review http://www.bloomsburyusa.com/ "Long ago and far away in the land of ice and snow, there came a time when it seemed that winter would never end.  The months when summer should have given the land respite were cold ... http://sonderbooks.com/blog/2008/11/08/review-of-sun-and-moon-ice-and-snow-by-jessica-day-george/   Princess Academy by Shannon Hale Read by Laura Credidio and The Full Cast Family Full Cast Audio, 2007.  8 compact discs.  7 hours, 21 minutes. Starred Review. Winner of a 2006 Newbery Honor Award. http://www.fullcastaudio.com/ http://www.squeetus.com/ I read and reviewed this book in the print version when it first came out.  ( http://www.sonderbooks.com/YAFiction/princessacademy.html ) At the time, I wasn't quite as ... http://sonderbooks.com/blog/2008/11/06/review-of-princess-academy-by-shannon-hale-audiobook/   Millie in the Snow by Alexander Steffensmeier Walker & Company, New York, 2008.  First published in Germany in 2007 as Lieselotte im Schnee.  28 pages. Starred Review http://www.walkeryoungreaders.com/ Millie's back!  Hooray! Millie the bovine mail carrier stars in a new silly story, this time about Christmas.  Originally written in Germany, I was delighted by the pictures, ... http://sonderbooks.com/blog/2008/11/03/review-of-millie-in-the-snow-by-alexander-steffensmeier/   Punished! by David Lubar Darby Creek Publishing, 2006.  96 pages. http://www.davidlubar.com/ http://www.darbycreekpublishing.com/ Logan knew he shouldn't run in the library.  But how can you keep from it when your friend tags you It?  He certainly didn't mean to run into that old guy who looked like a retired teacher. Logan tries to apologize, but the man ... http://sonderbooks.com/blog/2008/11/03/review-of-punished-by-david-lubar/