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A Douglas Quinn Book Review of Bitter Tastes by V. B. Rosendahl--A Children's Chapter Book
Douglas Quinn
Author, Editor, Book Reviewer
rivercitypress@hotmail.com
www.douglasquinn.com
Bitter Tastes by V. B. Rosendahl
A Middle Grade Chapter Book/Mystery–Ages 9-13
Trade paperback, 108 Pages
Stargazer Press, January 2007
ISBN 9780973494099
**** A Fun Children’s Mystery Adventure with Important Messages
Review by Douglas Quinn, Author of Blue Heron Marsh, etal
Bitter Tastes is the first book of a contemporary mystery adventure series in the vein of the classic Nancy Drew mystery novels. The author applies similar principles used in adult mystery novels: clues, misdirections, family secrets and several suspects.
When a local restaurateur is murdered, our heroines and newfound friends, sixth-graders Kathy “Kath” Harmon and Martha “Marth” Cunningham, decide to find out who did it. During the course of the story, they track down clues, get into trouble and even put themselves in danger.
Besides the narrative and dialogue, which is well written, this book conveys several important messages for the reader. Kathy has a deformity from an accident about which she is embarrassed. In the past, her peers have teased her, even shunned her because of it. Her friend, Martha, comes from a broken home and lives in a trailer park about which she is embarrassed, particularly with Kathy, who lives in a big house with parents who have cashed in on the father’s business and retired to the beach. How the two amateur sleuths deal with their individual insecurities while they develop their friendship and try to solve the mystery is dealt with by the author in a kind and sensitive way, allowing the reader to understand the girls’ problems and also offering solutions in dealing with them.
I particularly enjoyed the setting in the mythical town of Warner, located on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, a perfect setting for more mysteries for two interesting, smart and curious pre-teen sleuths. Bitter Tastes is a fun children’s mystery adventure with important messages for children trying to find their place in a world run by adults.
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I'm over at a few other blogs today. If you get a chance, come on over to see the Christmas Decorations at http://acmeauthorslink.blogspot.com/At http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/ the topic is Spoiled Milk. Ever sit down to read a good book and been disappointed?
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I've been waging a war on paper the last few days. So far, paper is winning. The more I clean up, the more of it I find. The problem is, for much of it, I feel an obligation to do a thorough examination and decide whether or not it's worth keeping.The mailperson is my enemy. He, sometimes she, keeps leaving more paper in my mail box. I'm not talking about my Christmas cards, which I cherish, but all the other stuff dropped off for me to sort out. At times it's torture to come home and see the new pile the DH has set on the kitchen table.
I've discovered tons of magazines over a year old. They were trying to hide in a magazine holder on the side of the couch, but not doing a good job of it, since they were spilling over. Of course, I decided to check the headings on the covers to see if some of the information inside might prove valuable. Wouldn't you know it, I was right. Many articles seemed to good to give up.
I've already mentioned here before about how I also have a compulsion to print out emails that seem important to me. The result is I have lots of important pieces of paper. When there's an abundance, which is the most important? And, where's the one I really need? It is a quandary.
What about you? Is paper your enemy? Are you also waging a war against it? Who is winning?
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On Jan 9th, 2010 my debut novel, SUGAR will celebrate its 10th anniversary and in order to commemorate this milestone I am campaigning to sell 10,000 copies between now and that date.
"Bernice L. McFadden's first novel begins with the brief, poetic description of a crime so startling that the reader is helplessly drawn in, as if a bright red door stood ajar on a bleak and forbidding house. Pearl Taylor's daughter, Jude, has been found murdered and mutilated near a field at the edge of town. "The murder had white man written all over it," writes McFadden. "But no one would say it above a whisper. It was 1940. It was Bigelow, Arkansas. It was a black child. Need any more be said?" In the years that follow, Pearl catches sight of Jude in so many strangers that when Sugar Lacey comes to town and sets up her unwholesome "business" in the house next door, she doesn't know whether to believe what she sees in Sugar's face: a striking similarity to Jude, dead 15 years. In her sedate but supple prose--rising at times to a light, unforced lyricism in the description of landscape or character--the author perfectly renders the closed and protective society of a small Southern town, the superstitions, gossip, and prying."
Praise for the novels of Bernice L. McFadden:
"Searing and expertly imagined." - Toni Morrison
"Vivid." - The New York Times
"Eloquent..." (McFadden) is a talent worth watching." - The Washington Post
I’m asking that you purchase a copy of SUGAR for yourself, a friend or family member. And yes, KINDLE purchases count.
Please spread the word!
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Bernice L. McFadden
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