‘Twas the Summer of 1888 Joseph Ponce, an 11 year old boy who lives in a town in New York along the Hudson. Beacon, New York, to be specific. He was just enjoying his summer after being shipped off to boarding school by his parents. However, on another side of the animal kingdom, a family Read more…
Spoiler Alert: The fourth installment of the Lewis Barnavelt series: John Bellairs’ Rose Rita stars like she did in “The Letter the Witch and the Ring” in this excellent novel set in the midst of the Pennsylvania Dutch, in 1828. The Ghost In The Mirror, written by John Bellairs and completed by Brad Strickland, takes Read more…
The Battle of Gettysburg The United States has not always been united. In fact, our country survived intact the greatest civil war in World History between 1861-1863, and almost a million US soldiers from both the Union Army led by Ulysses S. Grant, and the Confederate Army, led by General Robert E. Lee, perished in Read more…
The Legendary Lapdog You might know a lot about dog breeds in general, but have you ever met, or even heard of the Havanese breed? They are a one of a kind species, and can fit in almost perfectly with any family. When my mom let me choose a dog for the family, I went Read more…
Roald Dahl’s Use of The Extreme By Jason Qin Roald Dahl liked to use realism and surrealism as techniques to help deliver the story. Dahl uses realism to create empathy in his children’s books and unrealistic ideas in his adult short stories to keep his audience thinking. One example of this are the scenes of Charlie Read more…
