Red Glass

Red Glass
by
Laura Resau
young adult fiction
James Cook Book Award Honorable Book

Teenager Sophie lives a comfortable life with her mother and stepfather and eccentric great aunt. One day, unexpectedly, a Mexican boy whose mother died in border crossing comes into their family. Can Sophie put her neurotic selfishness aside to help Pablo recover from this tragedy? Aunt Dika, a refugee from Bosnia welcomes Pablo and an extended family, not related by blood but by love and circumstances is born.
This book would make for a good YA book discussion selection.

TinkerBell and the Lost Treasure: Tink's Treasure Hunt

Disney Fairies: TinkerBell and the Lost Treasure, Tink's Treasure Hunt: Step into Reading, Reading on Your Own, Step Three, Grades 1-3
by
Melissa Lagonegro and the Disney Storybook Artists
ages 5-8
TinkerBell breaks the Moonstone while trying to make a special scepter. How can she fix her mistake? Is she clever enough to do it all on her own or does she need her friends to help her? The plot is kind of convoluted. I suspect this is because they are trying to condense a lot of information from the movie into a short children's book (48 pages). The good news is that the plot moves along quite a bit since there is a lot to say.
One of the morals of this story is to work on fixing something if you mess up. Another is to work as a team and not be prideful.
I suspect that only girls will want to read this book since it is TinkerBell after all.