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Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus :: Book Lady Linda’s Review

March 21, 2025 By Linda Jo Martin Leave a Comment

At age 14 Nakahama Manjiro was shipwrecked on a deserted island with a few others from his fishing boat off the coast of Japan. This happened in 1841.
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Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer :: Book Lady Linda’s Review :: Spoiler Free

March 17, 2025 By Linda Jo Martin Leave a Comment

Roller Skates

Meet Lucinda, a New York City child of the 1890’s exploring her neighborhood on skates. This book won the Newbery Medal in 1937.
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The Strange Boy

March 12, 2025 By Linda Jo Martin Leave a Comment

There’s a new boy in town. Who could he be?
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The Painted Wagon

March 11, 2025 By Linda Jo Martin Leave a Comment

It is market day in a cold, dusty town called Tampur. A child named Lea looks for a new friend.
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Book Review: Moon Over Manifest, by Clare Vanderpool

March 8, 2025 By Linda Jo Martin Leave a Comment

This novel takes place in Kansas during the Great Depression of the 1930’s.
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About Me

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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