SOME DEWEY
100 WEA A Young Person’s Guide to Philosophy: “I Think Therefore I Am” published by DK Publishing, 1998
Mostly two-page spread for each philosophy from the early Greeks to philosophy today. Includes information about the schools of philosophy.
92 TRU Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth by Anne Rockwell, illustrated by R Gregory Christie, 2000
Short biography, but too long to read during one sitting. Broad-stroke paintings with exaggerated hands or heads.
Crazy in Love by Dandi Daley Mackall, 2007
High school senior Mary Jane Ettenmeyer has a crush on Jackson House, who is currently dating Star, one of the girls in her group of girlfriends. But Star is going out behind his back, and he starts paying attention to Mary Jane. Her Plain Jane inner voice can’t believe he’d be interested in her, but her MJ inner voice is screaming “go for it!” When she starts getting a slew of phone calls from other guys as well, she knows her reputation has been jeopardized and she suspects Jackson at first, until one of the boy callers spills that Star is the one spreading the rumors. Her sister Sandy plays on a Special Olympic-type basketball team. Her two best friends (Red and Alicia) have formed the AIA (abstinence in action) club with her, but now Alicia is at college, in love, and no longer a practicing member of AIA. Since Red has a long-time boyfriend, Mary Jane wonders if she is the only one still in AIA. By the end of the story, Alicia has been hurt by her “true love” and Red is still waiting, working on a solid relationship with her beau. Despite myself, I enjoyed this book. The message is good, the inner voices of Mary Jane ring true, and I felt it captured the angst of high school and dating well.
Some memory-jogging tags: Love story. High school. Family life. Friendship. Abstinence. Special needs sibling.
MS Rating: Not advisable. It is too old for my population.
