THEY CALL ME AVENGED
         by Cyndi Lord
      This is Ms. Lord's third book in this series and puts into words and mental pictures what many animal lovers think they would like to see happen to those who mistreat, neglect, or intentionally harm defenseless animals in their care.
      Ms. Lord reveals how trauma in a young child's life can have long lasting, debilitating consequences in the person's adult life.
      Sandy, a determined and sometimes foolhardy detective, searches for two missing children. Intuition and a listening ear leads this young woman into a maze of lies and dangerous contacts.
       This is a powerful book revealing the depth of some people's cruelty to animals and children and the consequences of the mental scars people carry into adulthood.
       This book is available on Amazon  THEY CALL ME AVENGED

Wonder by R.J. Palacio

    

       In her novel, Wonder, Ms. Palacio created a character in August that most kids and adults can identify with, maybe not physically, but emotionally. Most of us have felt unattractive, left out, ignored, the butt of jokes, etc. at sometime in our lives. This was a constant feeling for August.

       August tells his story in first person. In the first chapter August describes himself as ordinary in the fact that he likes to ride his bike, eat ice cream, and feel ordinary.  He then goes on to say, “But … ordinary kids don’t make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds.”  He says later, “I won’t describe what I look like.  Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse.”

       Because of his physical condition from the time of birth, August was unable to attend school. He was home schooled instead.  When he was in fifth grade, his mother decided it is time for him to break into the real world of children, the school classroom filled with, “ordinary” kids.  It was a terrifying challenge for August, but off to school he went.

        The academics was a piece of cake for the most part.  The social encounters were many and truly mountainous. We sometimes judge a book by its cover.  Regrettably, we often judge a person by their appearance. And so it was with August.

Voices From The Heart

Voices From the Heart by Jonikay Pace is a riveting story after the reader gets past the nasty backgrounds of the main players. Ms. Pace has excelled at setting the scene for a young girl to be hoodwinked by a manipulative, self centered man bent on using her to reach his own goals. In spite of human guardian angles attempting to guide and help Clara, she allows herself to be deceived and heads down a long road of believeing lies and experiencing physical and emotional abuse.

Ms Pace ties up all the loose ends in a neat package that caused this reader to smile and murmer, "That'll teach you, you scumbag."

Voices From The Heart was published by Comfort Publishing, LLC

Copyright 2008

ISBN 978 0 9802051 6 9