Tag: #houghtonmifflin

• Wild Rover No More Review

  We have come to the end of the line as Meyer presents the last adventure of the cork-like Jacky Faber. But will her fate end at the gallows as she so direly predicted back when she was a young street urchin in London?

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 7, 2022

  Reviews

  #bloodyjack, #bloodyjackadventure, #bloodyjackadventures, #historicalfiction, #houghtonmifflin, #lameyer, #nauticalfiction, #rachelreads&reviews, #wildrovernomore, #YA

• Boston Jacky Review

  Jacky is back in her beloved Beantown and while she does not burn the place down as she did in her first stay, she still brings about plenty of trouble. She is “ever so hard on her friends,” as well as one Jaimy Fletcher but we’ll get to that.

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 6, 2022

  Reviews

  #bloodyjackadventure, #bloodyjackadventures, #bostonjacky, #historicalfiction, #houghtonmifflin, #lameyer, #nauticalfiction, #rachelreads&reviews, #YA

• Viva Jacquelina! Review

  The inodimatble Jacky Faber is back, blackmailed by the British Intelligence into a new mission where she is sent over the hills and far away to the plains in Spain to be exact. . . And Portugal but that doesn’t fit the rhyme. Anyway, being Jacky her mission to spy on the French as they…

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 5, 2022

  Reviews

  #bloodyjackadventure, #bloodyjackadventures, #historicalfiction, #houghtonmifflin, #lameyer, #nauticalfiction, #rachelreads&reviews, #vivajacquelina!, #YA

• The Wake of the Lorelei Lee Review

  The irrepresible Jacky Faber is back at it again. Her debt to the Crown seems all squared away until the dasteredly Biffil and Flashby team up to bring Jacky’s good name to the dirt of the gallows. Luckily, her many friends (and admirers) come to her aid during the trial. Not enough to get her…

  rachelbeerwoman

  October 8, 2022

  Reviews

  #bloodyjackadventure, #bloodyjackadventures, #historicalfiction, #houghtonmifflin, #lameyer, #nauticalfiction, #rachelreads&reviews, #thewakeoftheloreleilee, #YA

• Rapture of the Deep Review

  Jacky’s last adventure was mainly a land-locked battle so now we return to her deep diving roots when British Intelligence forces her to search for sunken treasure.

  rachelbeerwoman

  September 27, 2022

  Reviews

  #bloodyjackadventures, #historicalfiction, #houghtonmifflin, #lameyer, #nautical, #rachelreads&reviews, #raptureofthedeep, #YA

• Book Highlight: The Lucky Ones

  This informative, passionate memoir follows Jenny Brown, founder and owner of Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary as she delves into her journey into animal rights, particularly farm animals and veganism. Beginning at age 10 when she was diagnosed with cancer, she had to have her leg amputated. Her mother sought to ease the pain a little…

  rachelbeerwoman

  May 30, 2022

  Book/Author Highlight

  #animalbooks, #animalrights, #houghtonmifflin, #jennybrown, #memoir, #nonfiction, #rachelreads&reviews, #theluckyones

• Nonfiction Dog Books

  Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever who Saved Him by Luis Carlos Montalvan shows the relationship between dog and man can help veterans after their tours with Tuesday giving the trust, openness and “normalcy” he craves as he deals with his ongoing PTSD. The Second Chance Dog by Jon Katz follows the…

  rachelbeerwoman

  May 19, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #ballentinebooks, #davebarry, #dogbooks, #ericogrey, #grandcentralpublishing, #hachettebookgroup, #harpercollins, #houghtonmifflin, #jonkatz, #lessonsfromlucy, #luiscarlosmontalvan, #memoir, #merlesdoor, #michaelhingson, #nonfiction, #peterzheutlin, #rachelreads&reviews, #rescueroad, #simon&schuster, #sourcebooks, #susannahcharleson, #tedkerasote, #thesecondchanccedog, #thomasnelsonpublishers, #thunderdog, #untiltuesday, #walkingwithpeety, #wherethelostdogsgo

• 2000s Nostalgia

  Aka what I like to think is the golden era of kids books. Or at least from my rose tinted glasses. Secrets of Droon by Tony Abbot This series took kids to the magical and dangerous world of Droon that is so unlike other fantasy series It was all so unique that I don’t think…

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 12, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #2000s, #amuletpaperbacks, #animorphs, #baileyschoolkids, #bellasara, #cathyhopkins, #daleebusye, #debbiedadley, #deltoraquest, #emilyrodda, #hachette, #harpercollins, #heck, #houghtonmifflin, #howIsurvivedmiddleschool, #jackdferraiola, #kcapplegate, #lemonysnicket, #littlebrownandcompany, #longstead, #lower school, #macmillan, #magictreehouse, #marciajones, #marypopeosbourne, #nancykrulik, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachelreads&reviews, #ripley'sbureainvestigation, #ripleypublishing, #scholastic, #scotto'dell, #secretsofdroon, #seriesofunfortunateevents, #sidekicks, #singdownthemoon, #sisters8, #themysteriousbenedictsociety, #tonyabbot, #trentonleestuart, #zodiacgirls, 3scholastic

• Summer ReReads P4

  Anne of Green Gables and Emily of New Moon by Lucy Maud Montgomery Ah these classic books with beautiful covers, I make a point of reading them every year. While Anne is obviously the most famous and I prefer the first five books of the series, it is worth a read of all 8 books…

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 10, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #abbiwaxman, #abramsbooks, #amuletbooks, #anneofgreengables, #calicocaptive, #elizabethgeorgespeare, #emilyofnewmoon, #gailcarsonlevine, #harpercollins, #hollyblack, #houghtonmifflin, #jackandjill, #julieberry, #lmmontgomery, #louisamayalcott, #michaelbuckley, #nerds, #penguinrandomhouse, #puffinclassics, #rachelreads&reviews, #simon&schuster, #sistersgrimm, #squarefish, #thebookishlifeofninahill, #therunningdream, #thescandeloussisterhoodofprickwillowrace, #thespiderwickchronicles, #thetwoprincessesofbamarre, #tonyditerlizzi, #wendelinvandraanen, summerrereads