Reviews written by Amber McKinney

It took me forever to read this book but only because I didn’t want it to end. I drew it out as long as I could until I just couldn’t stand it anymore; then I devoured it over a couple days. ‘Insurgent’ is an awesome read that is full of...

Bird wakes up in a bad mood, as we all do every now and then, and he proceeds to be grouchy as he walks around instead of flying; he's too cranky to fly! He storms past his friends but they each join him on his walk, not that Bird cares...

Olivia is an active little pig who spends her mornings trying on all of her clothes and accessories, her sunny days making massive sandcastles and her rainy days going to the museum and painting on the walls of her home (with a time-out consequence, of course!). She has a quirky...

I'm a big fan of Numeroff's "If You Give..." series, and this adorable little book is one of my favorites out of the set. The plot is fun, revolving around the idea of what happens when the girl in the book gives her pig a party, and it makes a...

What a cute story! Nancy is a vivacious, precocious little girl, probably around age five to seven. She is obsessed with being fancy, and she spends a lot of time fancifying up basically everything she comes across. She learns fancy words, decorates her room in a fancy way and wears...

At first, I wasn’t really sure if I was going to like ‘Dear Mr. Henshaw.’ I remember hearing about it in grade school, since teachers usually try to force Newbery medal winners on students, but I was never interested in reading it. I didn’t even know what it was about,...

'Pure' is dark, twisted and beautiful all at the same time. It’s an intense read, one that absorbed my attention and made me think about it even when I wasn’t reading the novel. I was hooked from the first page, and I had a hard time putting it down; it's...

While considered a classic in young adult and children’s literature, "Johnny Tremain" is probably not a book that many young adult students will be dying to borrow from the library or buy from a local bookstore. It is an older book about historical events and the Newbery Medal Award winner...