The Age of Miracles
Is it possible for a novel to be both an apocalyptic and a coming of age story? Or would that be a literary oxymoron, an impossible tale with a shelf life as unknown as that of planet earth? You can read Karen Thompson Walker’s debut novel, The Age of Miracles as either one, but the […]
Silver: Return to Treasure Island
Since its 1883 publication, generations of young adults have fallen in love with Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, its hero Jim Hawkins, and its anti-hero Long John Silver. Half a dozen prequels and perhaps a dozen sequels have been written, too, working to capture the magical spirit of eighteen-century pirates and their murderous hunt for […]