Insta Review: After Eli, by Rebecca Rupp

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram A seventh grader suggested this book to me, but casually forgot to mention that it would rip my heart out and stomp on it by the time it was over. For Dan’s entire life, he […]

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Ms. Fitz Has Read… January 8, 2018

Inspired by the wonderful Pernille Ripp, I’ve got a new reading resolution for 2018: I’m kicking my reading log up a notch. So that younger readers (and those not using social media) can follow along too, I’ll be keeping a visual reading log on the wall outside of the library. Follow along with my 2018 […]

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Insta Review: Guitar Notes, by Mary Amato

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it!  View this post on Instagram I picked up Guitar Notes on a quest to find a good book about non-musical theater music performance and theory for my middle school musicians. (What a difficult topic to find – if you have […]

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Insta Review: Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall, by Wendy Mass

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Another seriously quirky story from Wendy Mass. The novel opens with a dodgeball hurtling toward Tessa’s head. Those few seconds stretch into slow motion as Tessa considers ducking to get out of the way – […]

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Insta Review: Absolutely Almost, by Lisa Graff

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Albie is starting to realize that he’s different. Okay, so maybe he’s known for awhile – he can’t answer questions as quickly as his classmates, his teachers get frustrated with him so easily, and he […]

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Insta Review: Piecing Me Together, by Renee Watson

 Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Jade lives in the “bad” part of town. Her dark skin, curvy body, and unruly hair make it easy for people to assume that they know all about her – and she is so tired […]

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Insta Review: The Boy in the Black Suit, by Jason Reynolds

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Another bittersweet, complicated story of grief and survival by #jasonreynolds . Mike Miller’s mother is dead. She was sick, and that was hard, but now she’s gone – and he has no idea how to […]

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Insta Review: Home of the Brave, by Katherine Applegate

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Every time a student saw this book sitting in my “Ms. Fitz is Reading….” display, I got the same response – “I LOVE THAT BOOK!” And it’s easy to see why. In Home of the […]

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Insta Review: Drowned City, by Don Brown

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram One of the most powerful graphic novels I have ever seen. Don Brown takes an already complicated, terrifying, and gruesome story and amps up the volume in Drowned City, a graphic novel detailing the events […]

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Insta Review: Peanut, by Ayun Halliday and Paul Hoppe

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram A creative take on the difficulty of middle school; making new friends, finding your first relationships, and starting at a new school. Sadie is a new student at a school where everyone already knows everyone, […]

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