Reviews written by Ed Goldberg

Percy Jackson is not your normal all American boy. Not by a long shot. His father is Poseidon, the Greek God of the Sea and his mother is a mortal. That makes Percy a Half-Blood. The thing mortals dont know is that the Greek Gods arent...

Greg Heffleys middle school and family woes continue in this sequel to the Diary of a Wimpy Kid. The combination of prose and drawings tells the humorous story of how Gregs brother, Rodrick, seems to always get the better of him, how Gregs good intentions always turn against...

Frankie Landau-Banks is not satisfied being the cute high school sophomore who needs protecting by her boyfriend. Shes not satisfied that shes not taken seriously by her family or friends. Shes not satisfied that shes excluded from Alabaster Prep Schools all male Loyal Order of the Bassets, even...

Life is cold and bleak in the Northlands and it has been for years. Pika doesnt remember when it was warm. Pika means girl, which is the equivalent of having no name. She is poor. She is the youngest of seven children. Her favorite brother,...

Griffin is the Man with the Plan. The night before the old Rockford estate is to be demolished, he and his best friend, Ben, decide to spend the night there. Ben will do anything Griffin wants&thats how much he respects the man with the plan. They almost...

Where is the Body? The book is entitled The Body of Christopher Creed. So, I ask again where is the body? We all know someone like high schooler Chris Creed. A pain in the you know what. A hanger on. A guy who has...

Alcatraz Smedry has lived in twenty seven foster homes in thirteen years. His Talent? Breaking Things. For instance, for his thirteenth birthday, he received a package in the mail with the following note: Alcatraz, Happy thirteenth birthday. Here is your inheritance, as promised. Love, Mom...

Its three weeks before prom and Izzy and her sleazy boyfriend, Shawn Luttigs (aka Sluttig) break-up/make-up relationship is in break-up mode. Her friends Vivi, Lane, and Curtis know shell take Shawn back at a moments notice so, in a flash of brilliance, they initiate Operation Skewer Sluttig, aimed at...

School just ended for the summer for sixteen year old Aba Zytka Jones, Abi. Its been a year since her mother, Mary, abruptly left and her father went into a deep depression, exacerbated by the loss of his job. Suddenly, another Mary enters her life; Mary who wants...

Shawn Crusher Crossen did an amazing thing. In 1984, at the age of 14 he created a professional wrestling federation comprised of teenagers. He and a friend recruited a few teens and started filming the matches in the local cable studio. He aired them on local access...

Stevie and Susan Carol are at it again in the third installment of John Feinsteins sports mysteries (Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery and Vanishing Act: Mystery at the U.S. Open). Also back are Bobby and Tamara, their newspaper reporter mentors. Famous from their mystery solving...

Frannies dad died two weeks before her birthday. And the worst part was that Frannie found the body&after two hours of hanging around her dads living room waiting for him to come home. He was lying on the bathroom floor all the time. Shivers!! She loved...

According to teenager Jean Honeychurch, she has been jinxed all her life, starting at birth when lightning caused a blackout at the hospital. Thus, her nickname, Jinx. Fleeing Hancock, Iowa because a former boyfriend is stalking her, she is living with her aunt and uncle in Manhattan. ...