Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram As an educator, I'm a sucker for stories about teachers changing lives. But this story didn't resonate the way I expected; it felt bland. I liked Mr. T and rooted for his recovery, but […]

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram So many children's authors write as if kids don't 'get it': sweet, simple, shallow. But Kate DiCamillo knows that young readers understand far more than most give them credit for. They feel loss, grief, […]

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Sorry team, we're going belly-up on this dystopian story. I try to give novels at least 100 pages to grab me, but by page 101 of Legend, I was eager to move on to […]

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Oh guys. I'm a mess. I loved this book so much, I don't know what to do with myself now that it's over. Doug is an underdog that you root for, fall in love […]

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram This Side of Home was complex and wonderful and difficult and so, so beautiful. Maya and Nikki are identical twins working towards high school graduation, but issues like gentrification of their neighborhood, cultural tensions […]

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram This book had brains and courage, but I'm not sure it had enough heart to keep me reading. Once the fun of seeing Oz from a dark new angle wore off, I found myself […]

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Mixed feelings about Lisa Schroeder's book, Chasing Brooklyn. Enjoyed the verse and the artistic expressions of grief; but SO MUCH ANGST. I accidentally returned this forgettable book before snapping a photo…which is pretty telling. […]

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Adventure junkies will love climbing with Peak as he attempts to become the youngest climber ever to reach the summit of Mt. Everest. I was totally hooked from page one. (Bonus points for reading […]

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Cruisers may be a short read, but it packs a punch. Reenacting the Civil War in a present day middle school causes trouble for the Cruisers, and will invite great thought and conversation from […]