One-Minute Book Reviews
Click the links below to see the reviews Laura publishes bi-weekly in The Deerfield Valley News.
Coming of Age in Small-Town Tennessee: The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner
A Stunning Historical Novel: The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry
A New Spin on Boy Meets Girl: If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
Marlboro Writer Portrays The Other Vermont: Half Wild: Stories by Robin MacArthur
Play it Again, Zoe: 23 Minutes by Vivian Vande Velde
The Loss of Giants is Our Loss: Last of the Giants: The Rise and Fall of the Earth’s Most Dominant Species by Jeff Campbell
Chocoholic? Think Again: The Bitter Side of Sweet by Tara Sullivan
Book Shows Prejudice in a Small State: The Steep and Thorny Way by Cat Winters
Life Beyond the Script and the Bedroom Door: The Great American Whatever by Tim Federle
Plant hunting in opium-war China: The Forbidden Orchid, by Sharon Biggs Waller
Coming out, coming of age: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, by Becky Albertalli
Little-known naval disaster recreated in new book: Salt to the Sea, by Ruta Sepetys
Destined to be a classic: The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz
Mythology Unbound: Hunter by Mercedes Lackey
Imprisonment of small town life: I'll Meet You There, by Heather Demetrios
Treasure all the bright places out there: All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
A celebration of exit ramps: Vermont Exit Ramps II, by Neil Shepard and Anthony Reczek
Destiny Takes a Tour: 100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith
Coney Island is Under Siege: Undertow by Michael Buckley (Ages 14-adult)
Mephistopheles comes to Vermont: The Devil in the Valley by Castle Freeman Jr.
YA book tackles hard-hitting material: All the Rage by Courtney Summers
Can love overcome all obstacles?: Orbiting Jupiter by Gary T. Schmidt
The Pentagon Papers for a new generation: Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War by Steve Sheinkin
Imprisonment of small town life: I'll Meet You There, by Heather Demetrios
Treasure all the bright places out there: All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
A celebration of exit ramps: Vermont Exit Ramps II, by Neil Shepard and Anthony Reczek