Slake's Limbo

This title should have won the Newbery. Along so with so many other older, remarkable titles I consider classics, Slake's Limbo appears to be going out of print. I wasn't even able to order one at any of the chain stores. Hopefully it will be reprinted with fresh cover art and introduced to a new ge......more

I can't believe I forgot to add this one. Slake's Limbo, in my honest opinion, is a prime example of how YA literature can be incredibly interesting and thought-prokoving, without any patronizing nonsense. I first read this book when I was 12, and I still re-read it every so often. This one is a tim......more

This is the one book from grade school which I recall fondly. Abused and impoverished, Slake’s life pretty much blows. So he goes underground, into the tunnels of the NYC subway system. There he hawks secondhand newspapers, befriends a hungry rodent, and finds a few benefactors. This kid’s book is we......more

I have to say that it was a very sweet little story and I'm happy I read it. Sure, it was not the best book I have read, but it was definitely very sweet and heartwarming. It follows the story of Slake, a young boy who is left with nothing and nobody in the world and struggles to survive using whate......more