Scrambled Eggs at Midnight

Scrambled Eggs at Midnight
By: Brad Barkley
Genre: fiction

Summary
Calliope – or Cal as she prefers to be called – is sick of traveling. Her mother, Delores, moves frequently around the country, working at different Renaissance fairs. All Cal wants is a place to call home. And a boyfriend would be nice too.
Then there’s Eliot, the firework-creating son of a Christian-fat-camp manager. Eliot’s getting tired of his father’s all religious all-the-time attitude and, in truth, so is his mother.
Shortly after Cal moves to Eliot’s town, the two meet and hit it off, Will their relationship withstand a Jewish barbecue expert, their parents, arsenic and black powder, green lips, beaches, and – of course – scrambled eggs?

Reviewer Hannah, Grade 9, Age 14

Indigo

By: Alice Hoffman

Genre: fantasy

Trevor and Eli McGill are from the small, hydrophobic town of Oak Grove. Ever since a flood devastated the town years ago, the people have been terrified of water – with the exception of Trevor and Eli (Trout and Eel).

With the help of their fierce, loyal friend, Martha Glimmer, the boys run away to solve the mystery of their cryptic past. Little do they know that their journey will reveal much more than just their biological defects.

Reviewer Hannah, Grade 9, Age 14