Insta Review: Ugly, by Robert Hoge

October 24, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! https://www.instagram.com/p/Bd8U1xQllUC/?taken-by=fitzbetweentheshelves 

Insta Review: The Selection, by Keira Cass

October 15, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram I promised to read this one after being prompted approximately 46 million times by my favorite middle schoolers. They pitched it as The Hunger Games meets The Bachelor – AND THEY WERE SO RIGHT. The […]

Insta Review: Rules, by Cynthia Lord

October 9, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram David is the center of Catherine’s universe. She loves her little brother, but she also hates him: his autism makes everything more difficult. Her parents’ relationship, their schedule, their home life… it seems like […]

Ms. Fitz has Read…October 1, 2018

October 5, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

What is Ms. Fitz reading? Here’s the view from October 1st! My favorites so far have been The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl, Fat Girl on a Plane, The Poet X, and Front Desk. Students are the most curious about Fat Girl on a Plane – it’s inspired me to include more body diversity and positivity […]

Insta review: The Sun is Also a Star, by Nicola Yoon

October 4, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Nicola Yoon has an undeniable talent for writing about the addictive first stages of love. In The Sun is Also A Star, as in her other novel, Everything Everything, she describes falling in love with […]

Insta Review: The Sky is Everywhere, by Jandy Nelson

September 27, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram If you ever forget how messy and complicated humans are, just check in with author Jandy Nelson; she’s got you covered. We meet Lennon (Lennie) one month after the sudden death of her sister, Bailey. […]

Insta Review: Peter and the Starcatchers, by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson

September 18, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Ever wondered how Peter Pan became Peter Pan? How can he fly? How he got to Never Land? Who were the Lost Boys before they were lost? I hadn’t either, but now that I’ve finished […]

Insta Review: This is What I Did, by Ann Dee Ellis

September 13, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Fans of cult classic The Perks of Being a Wallflower will love Ann Dee Ellis’ This is What I Did. The similarity between the two novels runs deep – the innocence and social ignorance of […]

Insta Review: Blackbird Fly by Erin Entrada Kelly

August 29, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram We’ve all dreamt about it – picking up an instrument and magically just knowing what to do, everyone around us exclaiming “She’s a prodigy!” Apple has the same dream as she scrimps, saves, and begs […]