Insta Review: Lost in the Sun, by Lisa Graff

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram It's magic when a book can take you inside the mind of a child that feels so fiercely but can't verbally express those feelings. In the wake of a terrible accident, Trent has so […]

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The Summer I Became a Maker

I’ve heard the word pushed in my meetings and educational conferences in a million different ways. Making. MakerSpace. Maker project. Maker initiative. Make, make, make. It can be frustrating, as an educator, to have new teaching trends and discoveries constantly sent your way. And admittedly, from the outside, the idea of making in education looks like […]

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Insta Review: The School for Good and Evil, by Soman Chainani

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it!  View this post on Instagram One school, two factions, and a huge fairy tale rivalry. A great premise, but the plot – and the point – get lost in a wordy, confusing mess. I think the author meant to […]

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Insta Review: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it!  View this post on Instagram With a blockbuster movie coming out later this year and about a million recommendations, I had high expectations for this creepy looking novel. But somewhere between the the jungle of unnecessary adverbs and the […]

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Insta Review: Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Loved this story of a tween finding and embracing her quirky, tomboy self through roller derby. Roller Girl was funny, empowering, and left me feeling inspired. Boy-crazy ballerina or badass roller babe, this story […]

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Insta Review: Illegal, by Bettina Restrepo

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Illegal's 15-year-old heroine Nora is stronger and braver than I can even comprehend. Although not always easy to stomach, this book shows a side of immigration that you won't find on the evening news, […]

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Insta Review: The Living, by Matt de la Peña

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it!  View this post on Instagram Toto, I don't think we're on Market Street anymore. The first book of this series from @mattdelapena has natural disasters, biological warfare, romance, espionage… you name it. With all of that packed into one […]

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Insta Review: All American Boys, by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Difficult, emotional, and important. All American Boys was unique to me for two reasons: first, the African American teen victim of police brutality survives and gets to tell his own story; second, the obligatory […]

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Insta Review: Drama, by Raina Telgemeier

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram My Kindle is great for traveling, but it's not so great for graphic novels. I'm not sure if it was the forced black and white format or the fact that I was a band […]

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