Tag: children
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A Review of The Initial Insult
There are YA authors who hesitate to offend readers by showing them the ugly side of high school life, who shy away from the wrenching, painful issues facing today’s teenagers. Mindy McGinnis is, without doubt, NOT one of these writers. Ms. McGinnis confronts these issues and seizes them in a way that is compelling and…
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A Visit to Bookingham Forest
Note: I was in Long Island for much of the weekend and didn’t have time to put together a fresh posting for this blog. So here is a story I wrote several years ago about taking my grandchildren to Worthington Library’s “Bookingham Forest.” Going to Bookingham Forest is an adventure that begins even before we…