Short Chapters, Perfect Pacing and Lots of Action...

I was so delighted to return from Fireworks School (more on THAT in a later post) to find the Canadian Children's Book Centre's BookNews in my mailbox, with a review of Trouble in the Hills in it. I was even more delighted by the review. It says, in part:

"Filled with non-stop action, the story moves at breakneck speed as Cam faces numereous perilous situations...Short chapters, perfect pacing and lots of action make Helaine Becker's debut YA novel a perfect choice for reluctant boy readers, and once they pick it up, they'll find it impossible to put down until the end."

Thanks CCBC!

Review Round Up

This was a banner week for reviews for my books.

The first review for The Big Green Book of the Big Blue Sea appeared in Booklist. You can see that review here.

There were two reviews for Juba This, Juba That. Read the CM Magazine review here, and the Canadian Children's Book Centre review here.

And Trouble in the Hills received its first review, from CM Magazine. You can read that one here.