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Wondering what I’m reading? Keep up with my diverse reading list – the good, the bad, and the ugly! – here.
Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram In another book full of bumbling, clueless adults, the staff at Branton Middle School takes two fateful steps: Step 1. Ban cell phones because of bullying. Step 2. Sit and hope that cell phones were […]
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Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram All of the things I love about YA fiction in one intriguing story. How do I explain this? Well, Travis Coates died. And then, he came back. To give you some minor details: his head […]
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What is Ms. Fitz reading? Here’s the view from November 4th! My favorites this month included Sunny, Harbor Me, Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World, Akata Witch, You Don’t Know Everything Jilly P., and The Truth As Told by Mason Buttle. There were some shining stars but, to be honest, I struggled through a lot […]
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Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Not a light breezy beach read, but worth it. The Only Road tells the dark and intense journey of Jaime and his cousin Angela as they attempt to leave their home in Guatemala to resettle […]
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Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram If you loved the broken utopia of The Giver and the mysterious setting of The Maze Runner, then add Orphan Island to your reading list. Each year, a little green boat floats to Orphan Island […]
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Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram This book was recommended to me by another librarian as a chapter book to increase empathy and kindness in students. Praised as a “non-fiction Wonder” (referring to RJ Palaccio’s life-altering novel, Wonder), Ugly is […]
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Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram I promised to read this one after being prompted approximately 46 million times by my favorite middle schoolers. They pitched it as The Hunger Games meets The Bachelor – AND THEY WERE SO RIGHT. The […]
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Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram David is the center of Catherine’s universe. She loves her little brother, but she also hates him: his autism makes everything more difficult. Her parents’ relationship, their schedule, their home life… it seems like […]
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What is Ms. Fitz reading? Here’s the view from October 1st! My favorites so far have been The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl, Fat Girl on a Plane, The Poet X, and Front Desk. Students are the most curious about Fat Girl on a Plane – it’s inspired me to include more body diversity and positivity […]
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Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Nicola Yoon has an undeniable talent for writing about the addictive first stages of love. In The Sun is Also A Star, as in her other novel, Everything Everything, she describes falling in love with […]
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