Category Archives: children
Review 149: Speaker for the Dead
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card In his introduction to the book, Card says that the main reason he wrote his most famous book – Ender’s Game – was so that he would one day be able to … Continue reading
Filed under children, colonization, death, disease, empathy, family, friendship, morality, murder, Orson Scott Card, science fiction, sins, society, space travel, teenagers, women
Review 140: The Shining
The Shining by Stephen King I’m going to have pick on Jack Nicholson here, but I’m pretty sure he can take it. If I get an angry email from him, I’ll let you know. I’m also going to take a … Continue reading
Review 126: Supersense
Supersense by Bruce Hood Like many of you who are reading this, I can’t throw books away. Even thinking about it makes me uncomfortable, so there is no way I could possibly hold a book over a garbage can and … Continue reading
Filed under Bruce Hood, children, nonfiction, pseudoscience, psychology, science
Review 112: Ender’s Game
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card A little while after I started teaching literature, I thought about what kinds of books I’d like to do with students in the years to come. The texts I did last year – Fahrenheit … Continue reading
Filed under brothers, childhood, children, coming of age, ethics, family, friendship, military, morality, Orson Scott Card, science fiction, sisters, teenagers, truth, war, young adult
Review 76: Changes
Changes by Jim Butcher “Hell’s Bells” count: 20 Well, the title promises changes, and that is certainly what you get in this book. And the first of these comes right on page one: Harry Dresden has a daughter. Surprised? Yeah, … Continue reading
Filed under children, detective fiction, Dresden Files, fantasy, Jim Butcher, vampires, war, wizardry
Review 67: The Graveyard Book
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman As I’ve said before, Neil Gaiman is one of the very few authors whose books I’ll pick up without reservation. I can always be sure that I’ll enjoy what he does, so I always … Continue reading
Filed under children, coming of age, death, family, fantasy, friendship, ghosts, identity, murder, Neil Gaiman, young adult
Review 45: To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee What is there to say about this book that hasn’t already been said? I mean, it’s one of the most critically acclaimed novels of the last fifty years, and is considered a classic … Continue reading
Filed under children, classics, coming of age, family, fathers, fiction, Harper Lee, made into movies, murder, racism
Review 36: Little Brother
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow Probably the biggest hurdle to overcome when reading young adult fiction is the fact that I’m not a young adult. As most adults know, things look very different from this part of the timeline, and … Continue reading
Filed under children, Cory Doctorow, ethics, fiction, internet, politics, security, society, technology, young adult
