"Border Songs" by Jim Lynch (Knopf, $26) Brandon Vanderkool's name may be difficult to remember, but his character will be unforgettable to readers of this marvelously crafted (and charmingly amusing) novel about attempts to secure the seemingly benign border between British Columbia and Washington state. ...more

December 13, 2009

Joey Putnall, a second-grader at Jackson Elementary in Plant City, has courted the waves since he was knee-high to a sand flea and the only thing dragging him down was a soggy diaper. ...more

December 2, 2008

Joey Putnall, a second-grader at Jackson Elementary in Plant City, has courted the waves since he was knee-high to a sand flea and the only thing dragging him down was a soggy diaper. ...more

December 1, 2008

What do you want to be when you grow up? A school shooter. Not the answer you would want from a kindergartner, or anyone for that matter. However, some of our youths are growing up to be exactly that, and a report released by the U.S. Secret Service in 2002 concluded that bullying played a significant role in many school shootings. ...more

June 15, 2008