Boy, am I behind in my book reviews, but this year has started off with some great reads!
Ghost Hunter’s Daughter by Dan Poblocki
To help me in my MG ghost story research, I searched for authors like Mary Downing Hahn who write ghost stories for MG readers and I guess this author has quite the collection of novels. The story follows a young girl who is the daughter of a famous ghost hunter, as the title suggests, and her classmate–who happens to be able to see the dead. When the girl’s father goes missing, they team up to find him, before it is too late.
The Book of Boy by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
This was one of the most unique stories I have read that combined a lot of my interests: MG fiction, medieval history, pilgrimages, and Christian history. The story follows a young hunchback named “boy” who accompanies a pilgrim on a quest to the holy land. They seek relics on their pilgrimage, each for their own reasons, and meet some trouble along the way. …The story has an unexpected, yet amazing twist that I loved!
Dear America: Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie by Kristiana Gregory
This story follows a young girl and what she and her family encounter on their trek along the Oregon Trail. It was interesting reading about her encounters with the members of my own church on the trail and I enjoyed the author notes at the end that explain more of the historical context of the book (though I was a little irritated she spelled “Mormon” wrong in that section).
