Sarah Anne Carter

Author

Fiction

Readers Broken Wheel Recommend — “There was something clearly insulting about a woman who so clearly preferred books to people.” A woman from Sweden comes to visit an older pen pal in Broken Wheel, Iowa. Upon Sara’s arrival, she gets the surprising news that her friend, Amy, has passed away. The townspeople whisk her to […]

The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on July 25, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

Animal Farm — “All animals are equal but some are more equal than others.” When the animals on a farm overthrow the humans, the goal is for the animals to live in harmony and each animal help according to his or her own abilities. To most, the change in life borders living […]

Animal Farm by George Orwell

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Classic Fiction on July 18, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

A Dog's Journey — “You can usually tell that a man is good if he has a dog who loves him.” We often think about what our purpose is in life as human beings, but what if animals had a purpose in life as well? W. Bruce Cameron explores that idea in his books […]

A Dog’s Journey
by W. Bruce Cameron

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on July 15, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

A Dog's Purpose — “I guess I had never bothered to consider that there might such a thing as a boy, but now that I had found one, I thought it was just about the most wonderful concept in the world. He smelled of mud and sugar and an animal I’d never scented before, […]

A Dog’s Purpose
by W. Bruce Cameron

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on July 11, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

Lemony Snicket — “People aren’t either wicked or noble. They’re like chef’s salads, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion and conflict.” ― Lemony Snicket, The Grim Grotto We all experience some downs in life, but they are usually interspersed with some ups. For three […]

A Series of Unfortunate Events
by Lemony Snicket

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Young Adult Fiction on July 8, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

My Name is Lucy Barton — “There is that constant judgment in this world: How are we going to make sure we do not feel inferior to another?” Lucy Barton is stuck in the hospital with complications from an operation for weeks on end, leaving her two young children in the care of her busy husband. […]

My Name is Lucy Barton
by Elizabeth Strout

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on July 1, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

Miss Peregrine — “Strange, I thought, how you can be living your dreams and your nightmares at the very same time.” Jacob is a peculiar who can see the deadly hollows when no one else can. He can even sense them when they are near. His grandfather also had that power, but Jacob […]

Hollow City by Ransom Riggs

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Young Adult Fiction on June 24, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

Lemony Snicket — “I’m sorry to say that the book you are holding in your hands is extremely unpleasant. It tells an unhappy tale about three very unlucky children.” This is the first book in a 13-book series called A Series of Unfortunate Events. It sets up the story of the Baudelaire siblings […]

The Bad Beginning
by Lemony Snicket

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Young Adult Fiction on June 17, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

Magic Strings Frankie Presto — “Everyone joins a band in this life —and that music, like love, has the power to affect us all.” At the funeral of Frankie Presto, Music (the spirit) shows up to tell the tale of Frankie’s life – the true one that no soul ever knew completely and Frankie himself […]

The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on June 13, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

Flora and Ulysses — “I promise to always turn back toward you.” Looking out of her bedroom window, 10-year-old Flora sees a squirrel get sucked up by a vacuum that is being tested outdoors by her neighbor. She quickly heads over to rescue the squirrel only to find out it now has superpowers as […]

Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Young Adult Fiction on June 10, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter