I have just added Yellow Star and its author, Jennifer Roy. It is really a wonderful story — you should really read it! You won’t be able to put it down (until you’ve finished it, of course). I usually don’t say this, but you should really go to your local library especially for this.

I’ve just added a review of the absolute latest Diary of a Wimpy Kid — Hard Luck, by Jeff Kinney. I very much recommend you to read it (and the book, if you can) — it’s pretty good!

I have just completed the final draft of my very first novel, The Pianist. It may take a while to get published (even a very long while), so meanwhile, here is the blurb (the summary on the back cover of a book). Thirteen year old Ashley Cassell discovers that the family piano conceals an exciting secret. Imagine her surprise when her untrained fingers produce magical melodies from the piano keys. She soon learns that her playing has freed Ryan, a fifteen year old boy, from a spell cast by the evil witch Bablot. Together, Ashley and Ryan set out on a dangerous journey to the abyss, the home of Bablot.…