Author Archives: madelynruth@yahoo.com

Five for Friday

Posted on September 9, 2011 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

My friend Wendy Shang wrote once (in her blog? on Facebook?) about how psyched she was when she got her first ISBN number. I totally understood what she was saying this week when I got my own. It came with … Continue reading →

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Summer Reading

Posted on August 23, 2011 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

You know, for kids: Today is the book birthday for Darth Paper Strikes Back, an Origami Yoda Book by Tom Angleberger. In our house, this has been the most highly anticipated book of the summer. We got a hold of … Continue reading →

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Serendipity

Posted on August 22, 2011 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

The Savages lived two houses down from us on our dead-end street in Blacksburg, Va. I never knew Lon Savage well because when you’re a kid, adults only seem to enter your life when they yell at you (the Savages … Continue reading →

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The Mostly True Story of Jack and Kelly

Posted on July 25, 2011 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

I’ve decided that when I say “today on the couch” I sound too much like a therapist. Besides, Kelly Barnhill, another member of The Lindsay Situation*, doesn’t seem like the sort of person who sits still for very long. If … Continue reading →

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Musical Welcome

Posted on June 14, 2011 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

June’s off to a solid, summer-reading start with new books from Kathy Erskine and Erica Perl. From Kathy, whose Mockingbird won the National Book Award last year, we have The Absolute Value of Mike, where a 14-year-old boy with a … Continue reading →

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