… David Small’s family doesn’t communicate. His childhood is full of silence and unarticulated feelings; “home” means nothing more than a place full of secrets and poorly expressed anger. David’s father is a doctor, and he treats David’s many minor childhood illnesses with an excessive number of x-rays. Believing he can cure his son, he [...]
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Stitches: A Memoir
Posted by Kathleen on December 7, 2011
http://diaryofafuturegoldengirl.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/stitches/
Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
… Eleven-year-old Roger lives in a dangerous Chicago neighborhood where gangs rule the streets and violence permeates daily life. He has had a good upbringing, and comes from a close-knit family, but he knows that other kids aren’t so lucky. One of his classmates, a boy called “Yummy” after his love of sweets, is one [...]
Posted by Kathleen on November 8, 2011
http://diaryofafuturegoldengirl.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/yummy-the-last-days-of-a-southside-shorty/
Skim
… Kimberly Keiko Cameron, or Skim, is a mixed-race high school student with a recently-broken arm and a passion for all things Wicca. She is having a tough time coping with her parents’ divorce, fitting in at school, and figuring out her sexuality. She is also growing apart from her best friend, Lisa, in her [...]
Posted by Kathleen on October 11, 2011
http://diaryofafuturegoldengirl.wordpress.com/2011/10/11/skim/
Strangers in Paradise (Book 2)
… The second pocket book in Terry Moore’s Strangers in Paradise series is more action-packed, more fanciful, and, on the whole, more complicated than his previous installment. It begins with a dream sequence (or is it?) in which Francine imagines another life for herself, one of marriage and motherhood and frumpiness—in short, a life far [...]
Posted by Kathleen on July 25, 2011
http://diaryofafuturegoldengirl.wordpress.com/2011/07/25/strangers-in-paradise-book-2/
Strangers in Paradise (Book 1)
… Prior to reading Pocket Book 1 of Terry Moore’s Strangers in Paradise, I had never really read a comic book. Of course, I know people who read them—and many of them are vocal proponents of the form—but somehow I’ve never felt compelled to pick one up myself. In truth, I only read this comic because [...]
Posted by Kathleen on May 31, 2011
http://diaryofafuturegoldengirl.wordpress.com/2011/05/31/strangers-in-paradise-book-1/
