Winter Girls By Laurie Halse Anderson I just finished Wintergirls – and, all I can say, it’s breathtaking, stunning. This YA novel is a riveting look at the world of anorexia from the inside. Lia’s struggles with food, family, and life is painful to watch but you glimpse how her logic makes sense to her. [...]

The Trouble With Boys By Peg Tyre Interviewing hundreds of parents, children, teachers, and experts, journalist Peg Tyre explains just why and how the educational system is failing our sons — fron the banning of recess and the lack of male teachers as role models to the  demands of No Child Left Behind.