Janet’s Recommendation: The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Janet had a couple of recommendations for me but The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin had been on my to-read list for a long time so I thought: “Heck! This is perfect!” […]
Category Archives: Books for reluctant readers
For Reluctant Readers: The Truth of Me by Patricia MacLachlan
Did anyone else read Sarah, Plain and Tall and Skylark as a child? Last month I came across this charming picturebook, by the same author… an author whose work I had, somehow, […]
For reluctant readers: Gail Bowen’s Charlie D mysteries
How could we have a month all about books for reluctant readers without mentioning Orca Books? We couldn’t. Orca Books (based in Victoria, BC, Canada, in case you were wondering) […]
On Artemis Fowl: Because Reluctant Readers Like Heists Right?
Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a millionaire, a genius, and, above all, a criminal mastermind. But even Artemis doesn’t know what he’s taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly […]
For Reluctant Readers: Harry Potter
Although we at The Book Wars have written a fair bit about Harry Potter (albeit often indirectly, focusing on a small aspect of the series or the world or the […]
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