Tag Archives: YA fiction

Daily Book Excerpt: YA/Children’s books: Further Chronicles of Avonlea – “Only a Common Fellow” – by L.M. Montgomery One of Lucy Maud’s beautiful little stories about the sacrifices people make sometimes, when you least expect it. I am strangely moved … Continue reading →

Daily Book Excerpt: YA/Children’s books: Further Chronicles of Avonlea – “The Conscience Case of David Bell” – by L.M. Montgomery Let me see if I can remember the who what where why when of this story. It appears that a … Continue reading →

Daily Book Excerpt: YA/Children’s books: Further Chronicles of Avonlea – “In Her Selfless Mood” – by L.M. Montgomery A story of the complete sacrifice of a life in order to carry out her mother’s dying wish (her mother who didn’t … Continue reading →

Daily Book Excerpt: YA/Children’s books: Further Chronicles of Avonlea – “The Education of Betty” – by L.M. Montgomery This is one of those stories where I think, “Nice try, Maud, but not only am I NOT going there with you … Continue reading →

Daily Book Excerpt: YA/Children’s books: Further Chronicles of Avonlea – “The Son of His Mother” – by L.M. Montgomery I find this to be one of Lucy Maud’s most emotionally creepy stories. And again – while we can look in … Continue reading →

Daily Book Excerpt: YA/Children’s books: Further Chronicles of Avonlea – “Sara’s Way” – by L.M. Montgomery One of the things that is so refreshing, for me, about Lucy Maud’s work is how she doesn’t pathologize her characters. Freud isnt “in” … Continue reading →

Daily Book Excerpt: YA/Children’s books: Further Chronicles of Avonlea – “The Return of Hester” – by L.M. Montgomery Lucy Maud wrote ghost stories. They paid well – and I also think that there was a part of her that really … Continue reading →

Daily Book Excerpt: YA/Children’s books: Further Chronicles of Avonlea – “The Brother Who Failed” – by L.M. Montgomery This story is kind of like, oh, a This Is Your Life episode – or maybe a very special Oprah episode. Robert … Continue reading →