As I’ve grown older, I realize how my perspective has changed, especially when I read different genres and consider which character I am relating to the most. When I read Middle Grade fiction, there is still a tiny part of me that unabashedly relates to the main character, despite what my appearance...
I gave Goodbye Stranger another chance after enjoying Stead's newest book The List of Things That Will Not Change. I managed to finish it this time and there were parts that I enjoyed (Stead writes friendships very well). Overall though I just don't think it's her best work, and I still found it les...
What a great book about what is not “normal” can be perfectly normal, if you allow it to be. Armed with the notebook that her parents gave her, Bea finds that since her parents have divorced, life has become complicated. Why can’t things be simple like they used to be, why must everything be so conf...
Trying to clear the decks here with these quick takes on Audiobooks, like I indicated I would be doing yesterday (which also helps from the deep dive I took on Hands Up yesterday, too). --- This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper, Ramón de Ocampo (Narrator)Unabridged Audiobook, 10 hrs., 17 min...
Audience: Grades 3-5 Format: Audiobook/Library Copy I feel bad that I can't remember anything about Gran Nicholas's house. - first sentence Livy is practically 11, well... 10 & 1/2 (almost). She hasn't been to visit her Gran in Australia for five years. She has forgotten a lot of things: 1) ...
After our disastrous book discussion on Lincoln Jones, we got to discuss When You Reach Me. Book discussion only went slightly better. There were about seven people, half of whom hadn't finished reading the book or were very confused about the plot. In preparation I reread the book three times (o...
I liked this book, but everything felt a little too quirky this time around. Like there are no "normal" characters that I can remember (except maybe Safer's mom and even she was a little weird). Some readers might find that annoying. I liked the story though. The twist felt abrupt to me, but about...
A sad and sweet story, pumped full of 1970s New York and pop culture nostalgia, 'A Wrinkle in Time', and the trials of adolescent friendship. Judy Blume, with time travel.
I let my 12-year-old daughter read this before I did. The fact that she read it in about a day made me understand that the book was spot on, and that it captured whatever it is that inspires a “don’t leave your bed until the book is finished” day for a middle schooler. As a parent, her subject mat...
By sixth grade, Miranda and her best friend, Sal, know how to navigate their New York City neighborhood. They know where it's safe to go, and they know who to avoid. Like the crazy guy on the corner. But things start to unravel. Sal gets punched by a kid on the street for what seems like no reason, ...
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