AN ALASKAN ADVENTURE

Twelve-year-old Diamond Willow tells her story in a series of diamond shaped poems. She talks about her friends, a boy she likes, fitting in at school and her favorite thing--mushing dogs. Set in a small town in Alaska the reader will discover many things about life there while sharing the adventures of a remarkable girl in the book Diamond Willow by Helen Frost

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER!

TRUE BELIEVER by VIRGINIA EUWER WOLFF is written in verse and is about a fifteen year old inner-city girl who is trying do do the right thing at all times in order to get a better life. However, time shows her that it is really difficult to always to the "right" thing since life can throw things in your way in the most unexpected way. She realizes that at times doing the right thing is not really as important than doing the things that you truly believe in. This is a coming of age story that is written so beautifully that you would wish there was more to read.

This is the second novel in a trilogy. The first one is called MAKE LEMONADE and this can also be checked out from our library.

For grades 7 and up.