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Scottish Americans
2 Reviews
(3)
YA
Sharp-tongued, audacious Tennessean, Horatio (Something Rotten), attends the Scottish Highland Games with his friend Mac. Things go awry after Mac's grandfather Duncan, the festival's founder, is murdered. Family rivalries and inheritances provide the clues to solve the crime in this clever modern-day Macbeth takeoff. The story juxtaposes light humor and dark behavior more starkly than in Horatio's previous adventure.
Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac
(4)
4-6
Eleven-year-old Fiona Cheng, half Chinese American and half Scottish American, struggles with her grandparents' expectations of her and with her own confused feelings about her identity. In attempting to address all the issues that confront mixed-race kids, the novel ends up with some artificial-feeling characters and situations, but Namioka's protagonist and story are still engaging.
Reviewer: Jennifer M. Brabander
2 reviews
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