If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month. ~ Theodore Roosevelt
Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
525
But then a better thought occurred, and this was the one I carried away with me that day: If my life was to be just a single note in an endless symphony, how could I not sound it out for as long and as loudly as I could?
The Weight Of Salt by Sandra Montanino
660
“…Books can become worn and faded but never grow old. Miguel de Cervantes teaches that everyone, regardless of nobility or peasantry, is important. It’s a message of hope, and what is life without hope? Do you agree, Angelina?”
Angelina thought of all she wanted to accomplish in life. “Hope is everything,” she said.
Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
556
This is a classic Southern Coming of Age story that leaves book lovers feeling like they have already read it a hundred times. Yet they want to continue to read it again and again