Posts by Miranda McDermott

Jewish twin sisters navigate their respective aspirations while dealing with the possibility of Huntington's disease, in this latest edition of Booktalking. Read More ›

Dan Emmett fulfilled a life's ambition protecting three U.S. presidents. This edition of Booktalking discusses Emmett's autobiographical look at the Secret Service, and his role within it. Read More ›

Maverick Financial Times columnist Mrs. Moneypenny has plenty to say about being a woman in the workplace. But her advice can be helpful far beyond the professional world. Read More ›

Two New York City football standouts are recruited to play at a Virginia boarding school with a spotty racial history, in John Feinstein's mystery, a current recommendation. Read More ›

Lia is decidedly lagging behind in the puberty department, longing and praying for the day when all teenage angst will cease. Read More ›

What happens when Cupid hits just one person in a couple? Melissa Gorzelancyk's 2016 teen novel puts the Cupid tale in modern-day Wisconsin. Read More ›

This 2010 book is another brilliant work from Watson, an inside look at the ugly world of domestic violence and the people left in its wake. Read More ›

Lucy Hansson thinks she's going to have a great summer with her best friend and her boyfriend, Lukas. Then, her plans begins to fall apart. Read More ›

Find out about another stellar novel from Renee Watson about gentrification, racism, and the drama of being a teenage girl.Read More ›

Jade is a junior at St. Francis High School, and she rides the bus across town to attend the ritzy private school. She is one of a handful of students of color and feels out of place in the mostly wealthy, white, privileged student body.Read More ›

A series of fortunate events in the hellacious circumstances of World War II led to a little boy's survival.Read More ›

Learn about the Greater New York Metropolitan Area's Association of College and Research Libraries annual symposium. Read More ›

Exculpatory DNA evidence, false witness identification, and law enforcement and legal misconduct lead to an alarming number of innocent people being put into prison for decades.Read More ›

Antarctica is a huge jump from Harper's prior days in California.Read More ›

Anything posted online can follow people for decades, and kids need to be made aware of the potential consequences of their actions. Read More ›

Macie and her mother, Aubra O'Sullivan, lead a nomadic lifestyle scamming community after community. Macie is praying that Witchtown will be their last scam.Read More ›

Norah begins seventh grade after two years of fighting cancer. Above all, she wants people to forget that she was sick.Read More ›

When Feather finds her mother collapsed in a diabetic coma on New Year's eve, she knows that she has to do something...and fast.Read More ›

We were lucky to host the second annual Indie Author Day. Four authors were featured: Annette Berkovits, Rebecca Brooks, Carmen D. Lucca, and Anne Born. Read More ›