Nim's Island

Nim’s a girl who lives on a very remote but beautiful island with her dad. When her dad goes missing at sea, she writes to the only other hero she knows beside her dad. The author of her favorite books. A mysterious author rumored to be the manliest man on the planet, who’s never got time for interv......more

This is one of several reviews I wrote for the late Secular Homeschooling Magazine. We ran an article about homeschoolers in fiction, and I rated a lot of YA novels based on how good they were and how well they handled homeschooling. Mostly, homeschoolers were hauled out as the reliable weirdos in s......more

Actual rating: 3.5 Great as a "palate cleanser" read. Fun lighthearted story that I definitely would have enjoyed more as a younger reader. Reminded me of how much fun the film adaptation was.......more

I read this book to my second graders and we all enjoyed it. Even the boys liked it, which was a concern when I first pulled it out and overheard comments from some of them about it being a "girl's book." I guess anything with a girl as the main character qualifies as a girl's book. The fact that sh......more

Otro de mis favoritos de la infancia, primero leí el libro y después la película y aunque creo que la película estaba muy bien hecha siempre he preferido los libros.......more