middle school

  • Rancho Rosetta Days

    Bowling for Soup make suffering painful teen (tween) cliques fun. Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time is the fourth Lisa Yee book I’ve read. I was introduced to her writing through a contest at the Rice Daddies blog. Lisa had generously donated five sets of her Bobby Ellis-Chan books as prizes (Bobby vs Girls (Accidentally) and Bobby

    Read more →

  • Goodreads Review: “Warp Speed”

    Warp Speed by Lisa Yee My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is the third Lisa Yee book the boys and I have read together. Every once in a while, the boys will retell the scene from Bobby where his little sister asks him what his fish is doing and then break out laughing. Marley,

    Read more →

  • Tween Life and Death

    A coworker told me the saddest thing last week. There was a story in the Post with the headline: “Bullies Killed My Daughter.” A 12-year old girl was bullied into committing suicide. I did not know Maria Herrera but I have known bullying and felt the desperation that might cause someone to take their own

    Read more →

Vincent Young