Courage for Beginners

Rama Khan! Rama Khan! Going in to 7th grade isn’t easy for anyone, and that is no exception for Mysti Murphy. Mysti’s mother has been an agoraphobic her entire life (does not leave home) and her father recently suffered a head injury due to a freak car towel accident and must be hospitalized. Due to......more

First I should confess that Karen Harrington is a good friend of mine, but I can promise that I would be in awe of her writing talent even if I didn’t know her. SURE SIGNS OF CRAZY, her first novel for children, is an exceptionally well-written story which received four starred reviews from the majo......more

I loved Mysti. She's one tough cookie. Her mom's agoraphobic, dad is in the hospital, and her one and only best friend tells her he wants to start seventh grade with a social experiment...he is a hipster, and no longer wants anything to do with her. I couldn't believe what a creep he was! Mysti beco......more

This is a book read in one sitting! Mysti enters seventh grade without her previous best friend Anibal Gomez. Originally overweight and the brunt of nastiness from school mates, Anibal decides to lose weight and become a "hipster." To do so, he believes he needs to drop his one and only friend Mysti......more

Here is a novel you’re going to love if you’re a fan of characters who seem so real they almost jump out of the pages. Twelve-year-old Mysti Murphy lives and breathes stories. She imagines herself as a character in a novel and makes up interesting tales to embellish the boring parts of her life. May......more