Reviews written by Ed Goldberg

Miles parents split when he was young. His mom remarried and moved from New Orleans to Chicago. His dad, Doc, a trumpet player, stayed in New Orleans. Hed visit his father each summer but, now that the Chicago apartment was getting crowded with more brothers and sisters,...

Sam Reiser cant play in the Little League championship game this year, so instead hell announce the game from the booth above home plate. Its Earl Grubbs Pool Supplies against Northeast Gas & Electric and it promises to be a tough game. Northeast has Nick Clemente on the mound....

If you love a psychological mystery, Shift is for you. Chris Collins and Win Coggans thought of it at the same time. Other kids get summer jobs. Not them. The summer before they go off to college they will bike cross countryWest Virginia to Seattle. ...

Not only has Mena Reece been ostracized by her church friends, she has actually been kicked out of her church. Even her parents arent talking to her. She is totally friendless. And why, you might ask? Well, Im not going to tell you, because in Evolution,...

Auto racing is one of the biggest sports in America, be it Indy 500 type cars or home made racers. And those people who love the sport do so with a passion. Will Weaver is one of those racing fans, one who actually owns his own Modified race...

Emily Black never knew her mother, Louisa. She left when Emily was an infant, apparently to follow the newest sounds in punk rock. Emily was raised by her dad, Michael, a musician turned factory worker, in the small town of Carlisle, Wisconsin. Louisa was always a rebel....

In this fairytale, fifteen-year-old Princess Bens mother and her uncle, the King, are killed while on their annual trip to visit her grandfathers tomb. Her father disappears and his whereabouts are unknown. It was assumed that Drachensbett, the neighboring country, is involved in the attack as they have...

Harper Evans life is like a tornado, just like the one that hit Bailey, Tennessee. Her parents are splitting up and, as a result, she and her sister, Tess, arent talking to each other. Actually, theyre living in separate houses, because theyre really half-sisters, although theyve always acted...

The day T.C. met Alejandra was the day he fell in love with her. The only problem was to convince her that she loved him in return. It took a while, but it happened. This is a story of true love, dedication, purpose and having fun. ...

Eighteen-year-old Marisol deferred her Stanford acceptance for a year to write a novel. Living with her best friend Birdie and his boyfriend, and working at The Mug coffee shop, she takes an adult education writing course. On the first day, she is surprised to see her former friend...

It all started when an intruder was apprehended at the old Ludlow House. Then a dead body was found in a grove of trees on the property. Scary notes appeared on the Ludlow House front door&Danger to All Ye Who Enter. Then The Bee, the local newspaper,...

D Foster appeared out of nowhere. One minute Neeka and her friend were jumping rope by themselves and the next D Foster was staring at them from across the street. She comes over and starts talking to them and a best friendship is born. Its 1994 and...

Percy, Annabeth and Thalia find themselves at the ominous, dark Westover Hall, all the way up in Maine. It looks like an evil knights castle. They are there to find to Half Bloods and bring them back to Long Island and...

It is the last day of junior year; the day Sister Asuncion reads Marlenas unsigned love letter to Laura out loud in class; the first day of the rest of Lauras life. Friends she has since childhood call her names and say she is...

Well, here's another book that I expect will be included in my Top 10 favorites of 2008. In The Comeback Season by Jennifer E. Smith, we are introduced to fifteen year old Ryan Walsh. It's been five years since her father died in a white water rafting accident. It's been...