Beauty

Beauty

(This review first appeared in November 2005) Rating:  Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty & the Beast, by Robin McKinley. Harper Trophy (1978), 245 pages. This is a young adult book (ages ten and up, according to Harper Trophy) that doesn’t so...
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

(This review first appeared in July 2008) Rating:  The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski.  Ecco (2008), 576 pages. I heard about The Story of Edgar Sawtelle long before it was published, due to early rave reviews billing it as “An American...