Secret, Silent Screams

Marti is a fantastic main character, driven and willful and independent. I love the way she is so determined to discover the truth behind her best friend's death. Her budding friendship with Karen, the police officer doing her own investigation into the death, is wonderful, as is the way she grows t......more

As I get further into Nixon's works, I find each one gets better as the years roll on. My first two were at the end of and beginning of the 1970s/1980s respectively. I was reminded a little of certain events in time that almost tied in with each theme. Patty Hearst being kidnapped like Christina Latti......more

So, just after finishing the Joan Lowery Nixon YA novel with the tastiest premise, The Other Side of Dark, but with an execution I felt was only so-so, I read one that was much stronger in the "execution" department. After the death of Marti's best friend, she stands (almost) completely alone in not......more

Another young adult book whose title has absolutely nothing to do with the story. Having said that I did enjoy this book about matti who does ot believe that her friend Barry committed suicide. Everyone else, including his parents, seem to think that he did. Matti does not let go and somehow mnages......more