Plot summary (with spoilers): Theodore Boone is a precocious 13-year-old kid who wants to be a lawyer. Both his parents are lawyers, and in their small town of Strattenburg, that means Theo gets access to the courthouse, judges, and other personnel that your average Joe wouldn’t be able to meet with. Theo is a good [...]
Plot summary (with spoilers): This book is a prequel to Bushnell’s novel Sex and the City, and takes the reader back to Carrie Bradshaw’s high school days. It’s senior year, and Carrie suffers from the same kind of angst that every other 17-year-old in the world (and everyone who has been to high school and [...]
Plot summary (with spoilers): To Alaska for Gold was written in 1899 as part of the Bound to Succeed Series, which apparently contained a bunch of adventure stories aimed at boys. The reason I wanted to read this book is that I proofread about 100 pages of it for Project Gutenberg, and couldn’t help but [...]
Plot summary (with spoilers): Holly Hogan is a 14-year-old girl living in foster care. Though there are hints that Holly has been in trouble in the past (she had to stay in the psychiatric unit after being caught “hooking” one night), it seems as though her problematic behavior was due more to the influence of [...]