Book Blab @ Stevenson H. S.

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Review by Mrs. Dettling
An Abe Lincoln Award nominee for 2008.
Lisa See’s novel set in nineteenth-century China, is a beautiful and heartbreaking story of love and friendship. Lily and Snow Flower live in a remote area of the Hunan Province. At the age of seven, the [...]

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2007 Young Adult National Book Award Winner
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Review by Mrs. Dettling
From the very first moment I began reading The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, I had one thought floating around in my head, this is such a great book for guys! A [...]

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A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.
(Follow the above link to Amazon.com and scroll about 1/3 of the page down to watch a video clip of the author introducing his latest novel).
Review by Mrs. Dettling
Highly Recommended
I am eagerly awaiting the December release of the motion picture The Kite Runner even with all the controversy involving [...]

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