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Ready, Setting, Go!
It feels so good to turn on my internet, go to my (new!) website, and see that a bazillion (or thirty-ish) people have stopped by to say “hello!” You are all tremendous! I wish I could give away an...
View ArticleBook Review: The Queen’s Thief series, by Megan Whalen Turner
I’m not going to review Megan Whalen Turner’s entire four-part series (*Note: A day after I originally posted this, Joelle wrote in the comments that Turner is writing books 5 & 6, too!), because...
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Book Review: THE MOSTLY TRUE ADVENTURES OF HOMER P. FIGG, by Rodman Philbrick
I absolutely love Mark Twain’s writing. He’s too fantastic, in my opinion. So when I say Rodman Philbrick’s Newbery honor-winning novel, THE MOSTLY TRUE ADVENTURES OF HOMER P. FIGG, is reminiscent in...
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Book Review: MOON OVER MANIFEST, by Clare Vanderpool
On January 10th of this year, the American Library Association announced that Clare Vanderpool’s debut novel, MOON OVER MANIFEST, had won the Newbery Medal. The Newbery is awarded for “the most...
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Book Review: THE GIVER, by Lois Lowry
It’s the end of Banned Book Week! And for this particular review, I want to explore possible reasons why Lois Lowry’s Newbery award-winning novel, THE GIVER, has been banned in many schools and...
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Book Review: BREAKING STALIN’S NOSE, by Eugene Yelchin
BREAKING STALIN’S NOSE is the story of two days in the life of Sasha Zaichick, a young man who, at the beginning of the book, looks forward to tomorrow, when he will become a Soviet Young Pioneer–an...
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Book Review: DEAD END IN NORVELT by Jack Gantos
Oh my giggles, this book was funny and totally deserving of the Newbery Medal, which it won back in January of this year. Honestly, I laughed out loud several times. I also gagged. A lot. Before I talk...
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Friends, I’m over on Bookshop Talk today, sharing my review of Jack Gantos’s recent Newbery Award-winning novel, DEAD END IN NORVELT. What a terrific book!
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