Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Don’t assume you know by the cover

The Ramadan Drummer by Sahtinay Abaza

Arthi’s Bomma by Mamta Nainy

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I have read several books on Ramadan and on India (not together, but the theme of the review is different takes on familiar areas). They were starting to blend together (I was talking about one book and realized that I was combining two different ones). Therefore, when I saw The Ramadan Drummer I was both interested and assumed it would be “just another Ramadan story.” Which, it was not. Sahtinay Abaza’s story starts out similarly to other Ramadan stories, in which the young boy of […]

A girl and her bear

Bear is a Bear by Jonathan Stutzman

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One bear, one child, lots of adventures. Bear is a Bear is Jonathan Stutzman tapping into the imagination of a child. We see our main character going about daily life and daily play with a giant bear, lovingly tagging along. They make mischief, messes, cry tears, read books, have lots of laughs and love hardily. And one day it is time to say, Goodbye. But it is not the end. Sometime in the not so far-off future, there is another Hello. The playfulness of Stutzman’s […]

Not all Gingerbread Boys are edible

Lint Boy by Aileen Leijten

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(image taken from internet) I was expecting a story about…. I do not know. But not something like what Lint Boy is. I did not realize Aileen Leijten’s story was going to be part gingerbread boy, part Coraline and part Toy Story. To name a few. I am sure you could find other stories to compare it too. On the surface it is a quirky fantasy story of friendship and never giving up. It is about loyalty and fighting for what is right. A little […]



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