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Book Review: Once Upon a Memory
Once Upon a Memory by Nina Laden and Renata Liwska (ill.) December 2013. 9780316208161. Gr. Ps-2 I made my 2013 Top Ten list in the middle of December, and I posted it with confidence that I’d seen...
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Series: The Lunar Chronicles
Fantasy is my favorite genre—though I really won’t turn away historical fiction, science fiction, mysteries, or even realistic fiction. I especially enjoy a good fairy tale retelling; whether it is...
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Fascinating American History by Bill Bryson
All my life I have enjoyed reading about history. I will read about the history of anything—the obvious history of political and social issues, but also the history of crime, entertainment, language....
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Review: Red Rising
Red Rising is the beginning of a trilogy from the debut author, Pierce Brown. The story takes place on Mars, far into the future. The society on Mars is constructed into castes, and Darrow, our main...
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Review : What’s New? The Zoo! : A Zippy History of Zoos
Since we live about six miles from the Minnesota Zoo, we often had a family membership there when my boys were little. When Alex, my older son, was a preschooler, we usually visited the zoo at least...
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Review : The Young Elites by Marie Lu
The Young Elites (Book 1) by Marie Lu. 9780545135719. October 7, 2014. Gr 9-12. Marie Lu’s Legend trilogy is one of my favorites, so when an advance copy of the first book in her new series came across...
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Review: Echo
Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan. March 2015. 9780439874021. Gr. 5-8 I was not sure what to expect when I started reading Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan. I didn’t know anything about the book before I started reading. I...
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Mental Illness in Challenger Deep
Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman. 9780061134111. 2015. Gr 9-12. My older son, Alex, was born 27 years ago around the end of April, and by my first Mother’s Day, I was headed deep into a postpartum...
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Review: Goodbye Stranger
Goodbye Stranger is about 7th grade, and those of you who work with middle school students are probably well aware of the challenges kids that age are facing, and this book covers several of them,...
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How Great Books Can Foster Students’ Voices
Many students across the county have recently demonstrated to the world that teenagers have the power to use their intelligence, passion, and voice to bring attention to issues important to them and to...
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