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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 Could this be the same Lisa Graff that wrote Lost in the Sun?! A Tangle of Knots is unrecognizable in comparison. So cute it borders on twee, this sugary sweet story follows Cady as […]
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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 It must be hard for a young writer to follow a smash hit first novel. So I was rooting for Rebecca Stead when I started Goodbye Stranger – but the cheering didn't last long. […]
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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're still wiping away tears from Shiloh and Winn Dixie, then you might need a break before picking up A Dog Called Homeless. This book had me 😭💔😔 in the middle of 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 Eerie historical fiction (or just plain fiction? I'm not sure) that takes the reader back to the Cuban Missile Crisis – and drops the 💣. I loved Fallout's juxtaposition as it flashes between Scott's […]
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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 Lola Levine won us over, Brian included 😺 This easy reader is cute and funny and features a main character with some cultural diversity – which you've maybe noticed is a theme around here. […]
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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 What an odd book. Public School Superhero has all the right components: graphic novel sections, slang-filled teen dialogue, child-appropriate battles of social justice and morality. But the truth of the book is blaring throughout…this […]
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This summer, I challenged myself to read 30 books. Between the making and the biking, I was ready to do what I challenge my students to do – practice, work toward becoming a better reader, and find the joy in discovering a new story. The challenge was important to me on multiple levels. After a school […]
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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 Fairy Tale comics were all the rage with my older elementary students, so this was a natural next step. Or, it should have been. Maybe I don't know my fables as well as most, […]
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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 Amber is part Mexican, part Japanese, and all mixed up. This cute story wasn't anything special, but I loved that Amber's culture was a part of her character – without being the only defining […]
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