In the days leading up to Halloween, during conversations about costumes, candy, and celebrations for the coming spooky holiday, I asked aut...

Matt Cruse feels most comfortable when aboard an airship. He loves being in the air aboard the Aurora as a cabin boy. On watch one nigh...

The first boxes of books from the amazon wish list have arrived at Ballou SR High School in Washington DC and as you can see, the studen...

Catrina and her family are moving from the hot, desert-like conditions of Southern California to a location further north. Catrina's s...

Pigs do not make good pets. Better said, pigs do not make good pets when you are a rural farm boy and times are hard. With a title like this...

It's that time of the year again! As our regular readers know, Guys Lit Wire annually teams up with Ballou Senior High School librar...

I was not able to upload a picture of this book for some unknown reason, but here are the section headings in Pet Bugs : "Bugs that eat...

What is black and white and yellow all over? Why, it's this new biography of the popular video game, TETRIS. (Do not adjust your screen...

I recently pressed a copy of David Arnold’s Mosquitoland onto a colleague recently, only to find it sitting on my desk at school t...

Like hilarious real-life anecdotes? Like them even more when they are accompanied by illustrations? Pick up Hyperbole and a Half : Unfo...