Lately I’ve been enjoying Bryn Barnard’s informative book, outbreak. This book explains the biggest epidemics and their effects on the world then and now. It covers Bubonic Plague, Smallpox, Tuberculosis, Cholera, Yellow Fever, and Influenza and how they changed the economy, government, religious beliefs, and research and development with deadly force. After reading the section on the…

Lately I have been reading Jacky Ha-Ha by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein. I enjoyed this book immensely! The characters were great and the middle school drama (while I think is over-used in James Patterson books) is always interesting. But what made this book different from all the others is what kept me coming back….