Fantastic Fiction
Recently Kathryn here at the Commission mentioned another useful site to me. It is called Fantastic Fiction and the URL is
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/ . She said “It is wonderful for finding books in series as well as providing bibliographies in general and I have found it to be very accurate.” So I took a look and she is right! It is full of information. I especially enjoyed the times that authors recommended books (not all do). Enter an author’s name on the search button and when you scroll down to the bottom of his or her page, there may be a “so-and-so recommends” section. Rick Riordan recommends two books on his page. Kathryn noted that Stephenie Meyer recommends some titles too.
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/m/stephenie-meyer/). Thanks, Kathryn!
And while I’m at it, I would like to mention (again) the place to go to learn how to pronounce an author’s name:
http://www.teachingbooks.net/pronunciations.cgi?nid=3792&rid= There are a lot more authors represented there since I first heard about it in March of 2008!
I just finished
Runaway Twin by Peg Kehret. A lot of the story takes place in Nebraska, although not many towns are named. (Alliance is!) Sunny, 13, has been in foster care since her mother and grandmother died in a car accident when she and her twin, Starr, were three. The twins were separated and Sunny went through two relatives before ending up in Nebraska. She has been in several foster homes, always hoping someday to reunite with her sister. When she finds some cash on a trail she tries to find the owner, and then runs away using the money to finance her trip to find her sister. A rescued dog, boys playing a trick, and a tornado make the trip harder. A strong determined girl who always tries to do the right thing is unwilling to give up on her dream, though it may not turn out as she wishes.
