love, n. I’m not going to even try. David Levithan’s The Lover’s Dictionary is unlike any other book I’ve ever read. The unnamed narrator tells the story of his relationship through dictionary entries. Yes, that’s right – the entire book is composed of dictionary entries. It’s a completely non-traditional approach to telling a story and [...]
Category Archive — fiction
Word of the Week (51)
It’s a day that will live in infamy. I’m talking, of course, of that fact that today is the day the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and brought the United States into World War II. But December 7th is memorable because it’s also the day Delaware became the first state to ratify the newly written U.S. [...]
The Language of Flowers
Victoria Jones has spent most of her life alone. Abandoned by her parents at birth and shuffled from one foster home to the next, Victoria lives her life surrounded by fear, mistrust and anger. When she ages out of the foster care system on her 18th birthday, she has no idea how she will take [...]
