Queen of Air and Darkness
The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses
School Library Journal:Gr 2-5–When Ms. Frizzle drives away from school before receiving an important message, Mr. Wilde, the new assistant principal, hops behind the wheel of the Magic School Bus to catch her. The class jumps aboard, too, knowing full well that only the Friz can handle the bus. When Mr. Wilde flips a mysterious […]
Off Season
Publishers Weekly: No one does coastal melodrama like veteran Siddons (Homeplace). Lilly Constable McCall, 53, has led an enviable life-marriage and children with a successful architect, her own success as a sculptor-but husband Cam's death sends her spiraling. She returns to the coastal family cottage in Edgewater, Maine, where she spent her childhood, and where […]
The Genius
Publisher Weekly Review: Starred Review. Greed gets Ethan Muller, a 33-year-old Manhattan art dealer, into hot water in Kellerman's superb third stand-alone thriller (after Trouble). When reclusive artist Victor Cracke disappears, Muller winds up taking possession of the boxes and boxes of intense, disturbing drawings that Cracke left behind in his shabby Queens apartment. A […]
Why Do Some People Use Wheelchairs?
Explores the subject of disabilities through questions and answers, such as "Why does my friend wear a hearing aid," "Why do some people read with their fingers," and "Why do some buildings have ramps as well as stairs?"