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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 Bravo to Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm, of Babymouse fame, for the guts that it took to create Sunny Side Up. Children dealing with difficult issues need to see themselves reflected in literature […]
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Do you remember my lamenting about finding a book exciting and engaging enough to hook a big group of 5th and 6th graders? Okay. Take that, add a few years, lots of growing up, and about 2x the homework. Also, sports practice. And Early Morning Latin. And you’re left with the impossible task of […]
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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 Fresh out of juvie, Joseph is a quiet, stoic 14 year old with a lot of dark history – and a newborn daughter he's never met. Seems clear cut, right? Bad kid, bad choices, […]
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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 Oh Zoe. Wanted a piano, got a Perfectone D60 organ. Wanted a best friend, got girl drama. Wanted a boyfriend, got a…Wheeler. Zoe is an underdog that is relateable and lovable, and her tumultuous […]
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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 đđ With fun illustrations, quality writing, and sassy humor that kids will go nuts over, The Terrible Two hits it out of the park. If the adventures of Tom Sawyer and Diary of a […]
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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 I were reviewing just the second half of this novel, it would get full marks. Deep, meaningful friendship, forged in a believable way! Drama! Science! Enriching historical references that even this history-challenged reader […]
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Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! https://www.instagram.com/p/BLL297yD0DW/
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Attention, 7th and 8th graders! Consider this your official invitation to the our very exclusive End-of-the-World Book Club. (Yes, you read that right.) WHO: 7th and 8th grade students as well as staff like Mr. Price, Ms. Mathieson, Ms. Beckwith, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Gulotta, and yours truly! WHAT: An exciting and thought-provoking book discussion about Life as We Knew It […]
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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 Breadcrumbs is the book I would end up with if I attempted to write a novel – and that's not a good thing. Meandering and about double the necessary length, the author includes beautiful […]
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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 love a good mystery, but Under the Egg was a little too mysterious. As in…the unsolved case of who are these characters, and why don't they have more development?? When Theo's beloved grandfather […]
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