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Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village :: Linda Book Lady’s Review :: No Spoilers

March 24, 2023 By Linda Jo Martin 2 Comments

This book about medieval village life is a truly unique reading experience. There’s a lot of variety and information in the text.
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Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray – Linda Book Lady’s Review :: Spoiler Free

July 11, 2020 By Linda Jo Martin 2 Comments

Adam of the Road, by Elizabeth Janet Gray Vining

A young boy’s travels through 13th century England in search of his father and his dog.
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Enchanted Air by Margarita Engle – Linda Book Lady’s Review :: Spoiler Free

June 27, 2020 By Linda Jo Martin 2 Comments

Goat-Ears of Emperor Trojan

Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings is a lovely, lively, bi-cultural poetic memoir about a girl growing up in Los Angeles. Her mother is Cuban and her father’s family came from the Ukraine.
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One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia – Linda Book Lady’s Review :: Spoiler Free

June 20, 2020 By Linda Jo Martin 1 Comment

One Crazy Summer

In One Crazy Summer, three young girls travel by plane from New York City to Oakland, California to visit their mother for a month.
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Scott O’Dell Tribute: For the Author of Island of the Blue Dolphins

January 26, 2016 By Linda Jo Martin 3 Comments

The Black Pearl Book Cover

A Scott O’Dell tribute honoring the author of Island of the Blue Dolphins, Sing Down the Moon, The Black Pearl, and many other outstanding novels for children.
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I'm Linda Jo Martin, known as the Book Lady on YouTube. I'm the author of River Girl, a historical novel about a girl living in the Klamath River Valley in the 1920's. I'm also the author of the yet-to-be-published Antediluvian Adventures Series.

I tend to focus on the Newbery Medal list of middle grade and young adult novels, but may also review picture books and other children's literature.


This is my novel, available at Amazon only. It is for ages 8 to 15. It is a historical novel about a girl living in the Klamath River Valley of Northern California, c. 1920.

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