Posts tagged with: growth

I Can’t Keep My Own Secrets

Literary legend has it that someone once challenged Ernest Hemingway to write a novel in six words. His response was “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” I’m not sure if this is true or not: the whole thing sounds a little too neat for me. I’m not a huge fan of Hemingway, so I’m not …read more…

Published on: 21 May 2011 by Ken

Categorized under: Autobiography/Biography, Book Review, Teaching Issues, Writing Issues, YA Literature • Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

If you are lucky, a book will come into your life at precisely the moment that you need it. I had been missing the Harry Potter books for some time, and while I didn’t want to read a clone, ripoff, or wannabe of that series (of which there are many), I did want to read …read more…

Published on: 23 March 2011 by Ken

Categorized under: Book Review, Contemporary Fiction, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Intermediate Literature, Writing Issues, YA Literature • Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,