Friday, March 4, 2011 “The Replacement” by Brenna Yovanoff “In the story, Emma’s four years old. She gets out of bed and pads across the floor in her footie pajamas. When she reaches her hand between the bars, the thing in the crib moves closer. It tries to bite her and she takes her hand […]

Saturday, March 12, 2011 “Between Shades of Gray” by Ruta Sepetys Release: March 22nd “Lina is just like any other fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl in 1941. She paints, she draws, she gets crushes on boys. Until one night when Soviet officers barge into her home, tearing her family from the comfortable life they’ve known. Separated from […]

Monday, February 14, 2011 “Kindred” by Tammar Stein “Miriam is an unassuming college freshman stuck on campus after her spring break plans fall through. She’s not a religious girl–when pressed she admits reluctantly to believing in a higher power. Truth be told, she’s about as comfortable speaking about her faith as she is about her […]