Reviews written by Bethany Wicker

Jane has grown up being able to sense and draw the dead. She’s learned to try to ignore them the best she can to avoid harassment but life doesn’t always work that way. Now that Jane is eighteen, she can no longer live at the girl’s home she’s grown up...

Geraldine Pu loves to write stories and with her lucky pencils, the ideas seem to come to her a lot easier. When she's assigned to write a story about her family, Geraldine gets a bit of writer's block. She can't think of anything exciting that her family has done and...

When her teacher announces that there's going to be a class party, Nia volunteers her mom to help saying she's always wanted to be class mom. The only problem is that Nia's mom is shy and doesn't like to talk much so has no interest in being a class mom....

How does Santa go down the chimney and what happens if you don’t have a chimney? These are common questions children ask every year around Christmas time and this author has many theories on how Santa really delivers his presents. Does he get really small or turn into fire? Probably...

Dasher can't wait for Christmas and is so excited that as soon as she sees lights, she allows her curiosity to pull her in their direction. But the snow seems to fall harder and harder and hides her way home. Finding a house with a bright tree, Dasher decides to...

It's time for Little Owl to learn how to fly, but he isn't sure he's ready. However, with Mommy Owl's encouragement, he works up the never to try. Of course, he doesn't fly after his first try so Mommy Owl tells him to try again. She tells him that each...

Rex the warthog wants Oslo the oxpecker bird to swim with him, but Oslo has so many reasons why he shouldn't. It's too cold, wet, and scary creatures could be hiding right under the surface, like sharks and crocodiles. Rex is persistent though because Oslo is being unreasonable. Finally, Oslo...

Squirrel is amazing at stitching and fixing things, but he needs to get ready for the upcoming winter. As word of his skills is passed from neighbor to neighbor, everyone needs something fixed and now know who to go to. While Squirrel loves helping his friends, he grows stressed because...

Cinderella meets Christmas in this cute mashup. One Christmas Eve, Cinderella finds herself home alone while her sisters go out to a ball. They instruct her to clean while they're gone, but Cinderella wishes for something exciting to happen. Then all of a sudden, Santa...

Gilbert the Goblin is out to prove that elves are the worst and goblins are the harder workers. According to the little goblin, being better than elves is easily done in three steps and even though toys are gross, he's happy to demonstrate. However, Gilbert realizes very quickly that an...

Hart and Ruby were made for each other and have their whole future planned out, but life sometimes has its own plans. When Hart helps his aunt for an event, he finds himself drowning after trying to save a child. But it isn’t the end for him. ...

The heart is our most vital organ because it does so much for the body from the moment you take your first breath. There are many words that can be used to describe the heart. In this one, it's viewed as singular and cooperative, simple and complex, energetic and relaxed,...

Jacki's mother is losing her hearing, so the two learn sign language together in order to keep communicating. Jacki even does a song at her school in sign language and it fills her heart with joy to see her mom cheering her on. Even though her mother can't hear her,...

Growing up, a young girl spends as much time as she can planting a garden with her grandfather. It's something they share a love for and it's a great way to make memories. But as she grows, she realizes that even though the garden seems smaller, it's still filled with...

Hattie has a lot on her plate. After her mom left, she feels like she's just holding out for her to return, but she and her dad rely on Taylor Swift to make it through each day. They bond over her music and it helps keep a smile on their...