The book goes back & forth between Slaverytime & Freedomtime around the Civil War. The mother is Miss May Belle & daughter is Rue. Miss May Belle is a healer, midwife & conjures curses on people. She teaches her daughter her craft. Rich in descriptions of plantation working & family life. Superstition & fear surround a boy named Bean that Rue birthed with a “caul”. Rue fears the boy & feels the need to protect him from the others on the plantation who accuse the little boy of bringing a deadly sickness to the other children. A preacher comes to the plantation & gets involved with “saving” the sinners,Bean & Rue through baptism. Theres a lot going on in the story between relationships of plantation owner, his daughter Varina, Rue, the preacher & May Belle. This is fiction based on history & I loved it!

Another gem by Jodi Picoult. In this book she brings to light the day to day life and struggles that families living with children who have Asperger's syndrome experience. She then takes it to another level when the main character (an 18 year old with Asperger's) is charged with the murder of his social skills tutor. His younger brother is also involved and the reader does not find out what actually happened that day until the very end of the book. Although I was still left with questions that I wish could have been answered after the final page I would definitely recommend this book. As usual Picoult brings to light insights into an often unexplored topic and is able to weave into the story opportunities for self reflection and introspection.

cozy mystery the end of the series disappointing

The important thing is to love others rather than to be loved. Walk in love as Christ also hath loved us.

This is a nice story about Pj's Day at School. Nancy was sad because her friends Bree and Clara had the matching pajamas. But at the end of the story Nancy went home to put the same pj like her friends and they were playing together.

The story was about a girl named Madeline who slipped and fell. One dog came to help her in the water After the dog rescued Madeline. So the whole school wanted to keep the dog. That is what the story is mostly about

paints a picture of the marsh the birds...life of a girl alone the life she leads and friends she makes

Graphic Novels are not my usual preferred genre but I gave this title a try and am happy that I did. This book about a seventh grader changing schools and his experiences in this more exclusive, less diverse school gives a great POV.

A story is very easy to read and very colorful. I like Spring so I enjoyed what the Disney's Princessess are doing in the spring.

This book is very interesting. It tells us a story how the cubs found a baby chipmunk and care for him before finally returning him to the nature. I had only difficulties with few words but with little help I enjoyed reading this story.