WHAT THE NIGHT SINGS: A Story About Jewish Identity

Welcome to Windows & Mirrors, where we feature books that provide us windows to lives outside our own and mirrors to our shared common human experiences. Today we are featuring WHAT THE NIGHT SINGS by Vesper Stamper. At the opening of WHAT THE NIGHT SINGS, sixteen-year-old Gerta is skeletally thin and sick with typhus. The Nazi concentration camp where she has been incarcerated has just … Continue reading WHAT THE NIGHT SINGS: A Story About Jewish Identity

Book Recommendation: The Spy with the Red Balloon

THE SPY WITH THE RED BALLOON is the second book in the Balloonmakers series by author Katherine Locke. I loved the first book THE GIRL WITH THE RED BALLOON so much, I couldn’t wait to read the second. (read about book one here) THE SPY WITH THE RED BALLOON is the second book, but it occurs earlier than the first, a nice twist. This time we are … Continue reading Book Recommendation: The Spy with the Red Balloon

Windows & Mirrors: Zora & Me-THE CURSED GROUND by T.R. Simon

Welcome to Windows & Mirrors, where we feature books that provide us windows to lives outside our own and mirrors to our shared common human experiences. Today we are featuring Zora and Me: The Cursed Ground by T.R. Simon. The Curse Ground is the second novel in the Zora and Me series. The first book, Zora and Me written by Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon, … Continue reading Windows & Mirrors: Zora & Me-THE CURSED GROUND by T.R. Simon

Windows & Mirrors: Ghost Boys

Welcome to Windows & Mirrors, where we feature books that provide us windows to lives outside our own and mirrors to our shared common human experiences. Today we’re featuring Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes. Jewell Parker Rhodes is the author of now five wonderful middle-grade books. Ninth Ward, a Coretta Scott King honor book, Sugar, winner of the Jane Adams Peace Association book award, Bayou … Continue reading Windows & Mirrors: Ghost Boys