Congratulations!
Let’s all give a cheer for Lindsey Tomsu and Gordon Wyant who are the lucky winners of the recent
Still Sucks to Be Me Launch Contest and have won a visit to the La Vista library from the author Kimberley Pauley. The author combined their entries when she learned how close their libraries are. Visit her announcement
here and find out what percentage of the vote the Nebraska entry received. (Woo-hoo!)
I checked out a copy of
Sucks to Be Me from the Lincoln City Libraries so I can catch up with all the teen readers in La Vista and Bellevue. (And be ready for the sequel!)
I just started
Crunch by Leslie Connor and it is already intriguing. The parent left on a semi truck delivery route and are now stuck close to Canada since the gas shortage went from a shortage to nothing – no gas anywhere. It is now a gas ‘crunch’ according to one character. The kids can handle things at home; Lilly is 18, Dewey (the main character) is 14, Vince is 13, and the twins Angus and Eva are 5. And… they have a bike repair shop and business is booming. (Maybe too much…)
(The Nebraska Library Commission receives free copies of children’s and young adult books for review from a number of publishers. After review, the books are distributed free to Nebraska school and public libraries.)
Did you like “Crunch”? I loved it-thought is was really clever and well done without being maudlin.
I did like Crunch. I liked how the kids and teens tried to work together to keep everything going, and how in a crunch situation, some people really step up (while there always seem to be people who take advantage).