Author: Paul McCusker Publisher: Augustine Institute Age Range: 9 – 14 depending on reading ability. Paul McCusker is a seasoned writer having written for radio, plays and a movie. He brings his experience to the well-known tale of Robin Hood in this enjoyable tween book that takes readers back to twelfth century England. There are […]
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Author: Antony Barone Kolenc Publisher: Loyola Press Age Range: 11- 16 This a great book. It contains all the features of a classic story for young teens – a mystery, a boy’s dorm, skulking around a castle in the middle of the night, shadowy figures walking in the woods, a lovely pretty girl who lives
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Authors: Corinna Turner, Cynthia T. Toney, Theresa Linden, Susan Peek, T.M.Gaouette, Carolyn Astfalk, Leslea Wahl. Publisher: Catholic Teen Books. Age Range: 11+ I recall from my teaching days that finding short stories for teens was always a problem – there never seemed to be enough collections of short stories available that were good examples of
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Author: M. J. Thomas Illustrator: Graham Howells Publisher: Worthy Kids, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Age Range: 6 – 10 I wasn’t sure about reviewing this book because the author is not Catholic. But I decided to include this one simply because it’s such a great book, and there isn’t anything specifically un-Catholic
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Author: Philip Kosloski Artist: Michael LaVoy Published: Voyage Age Range: Parental discretion: 10 + I bought the first four books of Finnian bound together in one volume. The premise of the story is based on a real-life, but strange natural phenomenon – seven mountains which form an almost perfect straight line across the globe from
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