Plumfield Moms

Daddy-Long-Legs

Reviewed by Sara Masarik
In this charming little romance, Miss Jerusha Abbot is a foundling at the John Grier Home for Orphans. She is, of course, particularly bright, creative, and romantic. In fact, Jerusha is a hybrid of Anne Shirley (Anne of Green Gables) and Juliet Ashton (The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie)... Read the full review

Dan Morgan: Rifleman

Reviewed by Diane Pendergraft
I wasn’t particularly excited to read Dan Morgan, Rifleman. I had never heard of Morgan and didn’t know if he was a real person. I thought this was going to be another story with a young character inserted into a famous historical incident to make it more attractive to young readers. However, Dan Morgan was a real person! He lived from 1736 to 1802, and the story begins in 1848 when Dan is twelve years old. The first paragraph sounds like it could be the beginning of the kind of story I was expecting... Read the full review

Dandelion Fire

Reviewed by Sara Masarik
In Dandelion Fire, we have the antidote to this poison. In the first book of the Cupboards trilogy, Henry doesn’t know who he belongs to or where he fits. In this middle book, we spend far more time inside the worlds within the cupboards. We meet Henry’s family, we discover new evil, and we spend a lot of time laughing at bureaucratic faeries. Read the full review