One Came Home

Another Newbery contender, so my critique is a bit more critical than others. There is a lot to love in this book: the historical setting was well-written, the pigeons were fascinating, and Georgie as a main character was terrific. It was a great little mystery with a lot of action. There are two th......more

I like children's books that sock you in the gut. Not the books that telegraph their hits or do the old one-two punch you can see coming from a mile away. No way, man, I'm talking about the books where you're reading along, merrily as you please, and then this hammer of a hit comes in from out of th......more

You can smell and taste Timberlake's sentences like beef bourguignon drenched in a saporous burgundy wine sauce. That's a mouthful, no? I've never used the word, "saporous." Makes me sound smart, don't you think? Okay, I know you are not fooled by me, but you might be fooled by Georgie. Georgie has......more

I really did like this book... but... I've never really been one that tends to like westerns. This is a western. It's cool in the fact it's a YA novel set in the Wild West in a generation of cancer patients, werewolves and vampires, it's interesting to see something so different. However, I have never......more

This book didn't quite make it for me. First of all, I am not sure what age group the book is for. The things that are of major concern in the book seem more like interests of teens, but the main character is what I would consider to be a tween. Secondly, the narrative seems to be uneven - at times......more