Round Rock Series: Little Joe (Series #1) (Hardcover)

from lmikkel

Like many of the other reviewers, I found Little Joe to be an adequate book but not one that stirred me in any way. I agree that the writing is more appropriate for a Young Adult reader but that not many YA readers would find the story compelling. The story lacked much in the way of depth and see...

from fuzzy_patters

This is a World War II era historical fiction about a boy, Little Joe, who lives with his grandparents in Round Rock, Tennessee after Little Joe survives a car accident that kills both of his parents. He will befriend two neighbor children and grow to love his grandparents through a variety of ex...

from doggonelaura

This is a sticky sweet book about a boy overcoming the loss of his parents and the adjustment to being raised by his grandparents in the country. I received it free as an early reviewer for LibraryThing. Although the story was enjoyable and had occasional detail enough to qualify it as a bit of h...

from kitchenwitch04

When an author writes a book that is so eloquently poignant, you have no choice but to love it. This is how I feel about Little Joe by Michael E. Glasscock III. This coming-of-age story provides the reader with an emotional journey into the psyche of a child who has suffered more loss at this ten...

from LisCarey

It's October 1942, and the Stout family--Ann, Joe, and their young son, Little Joe--are on their way to visit Ann's family before Joe, an Army pilot, takes up his new assignment in Indiana. There's a storm and the road conditions are terrible, though, and when a tire blows out, Little Joe is the ...