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Post-It Reviews: Twelve Quick Reviews of Recent Releases
Post-It Note Reviews are a great way to allow students, staff, and librarians to show off their recommended reads! All descriptions are from the publishers. My post-it review, typed, follows (telling...
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I’M SORRY, MOM: How Writing My YA Novel Helped Me Better Understand Her...
A few years back, I wrote an article about how difficult it has been to reconcile the complex feelings I have had about my mother since her sudden death in 2002. For most of my young and adolescent...
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Book Review: The Winterton Deception 1: Final Word by Janet Sumner Johnson
Publisher’s description In this twisty middle grade mystery for fans of Knives Out, The Inheritance Game, and The Westing Game, thirteen-year-old twins Hope and Gordon enter a spelling bee in a...
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Book Review: Sweetness All Around by Suzanne Supplee
Publisher’s description An indomitable heroine who believes she is destined to find her kidnapped neighbor leads this warm, big-hearted story with irresistible characters and a captivating mystery....
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Book Review: Hidden Truths by Elly Swartz
Publisher’s description How far would you go to keep a promise? Told from alternating points of view, Hidden Truths is a story of changing friendships, the lies we tell, the secrets we keep, and the...
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Book Review: Ruptured by Joanne Rossmassler Fritz
Publisher’s description The sensitive, suspenseful story of a family coping with a life-changing tragedy, told in stunning verse. Is it wrong to grieve for someone who is still alive? Claire’s mom and...
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Book Review: All the Dead Lie Down by Kyrie McCauley
When I’m reviewing books for professional publications, I stay quiet about them on social media. I’m always really excited once a review comes out to be able to talk about the book, finally! Here’s...
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Post-It Reviews: Six quick reviews of recent graphic novels
Who doesn’t need more graphic novels in their lives?! Here are six quick reviews of some recent graphic novels I’ve enjoyed. I don’t usually include books I checked out of the public library in my...
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Book Review: The Song of the Swan by Karah Sutton, Pauliina Hannuniemi...
Publisher’s description A magical retelling of Swan Lake, featuring a clever orphan, a castle filled with enchanted swans, and a quest to unearth the secrets of the past. Olga is an orphan and a...
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Book Review: The Sky Over Rebecca by Matthew Fox
Publisher’s description In this breath-taking debut novel, two worlds—and timelines—collide when ten-year-old Kara discovers mysterious footprints in the snow that lead her to another place entirely,...
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Book Review: The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar
When I’m reviewing books for professional publications, I stay quiet about them on social media. I’m always really excited once a review comes out to be able to talk about the book, finally! Here’s...
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Book Review: LGBTQIA+ Books for Children and Teens, Second Edition by...
Publisher’s description Books for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, asexual, and intersex readers and their allies continue to thrive and evolve in reflection of the variety of...
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Book Review: Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans
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Post-It Note Reviews: Orishas, bibliotherapy, wilderness survival, and more!
Last roundup of mini reviews for the year! This will post during my 11 days home for winter break and boy howdy do I hope I will make a big dent in my TBR during that time! All descriptions from the...
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Book Review: The Reckoning by Wade Hudson
Publisher’s description A powerful contemporary novel about an aspiring 12 year-old filmmaker whose world is turned upside down when his grandfather is slain in a senseless and racist act of violence....
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Book Review: Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice by Anna Lapera
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Book Review: Diary of a Confused Feminist by Kate Weston
Publisher’s description The Field Guide to the North American Teenager meets Derry Girls in this hilarious and relatable young adult novel in diary entries about a British teen determined to be a good...
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Book Review: Shark Teeth by Sherri Winston
Publisher’s description From National Book Award longlisted author Sherri Winston comes an important middle grade novel about a girl’s tumultuous journey to keep her family together, even when she’s...
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Book Review: Gigi Shin Is Not a Nerd by Lyla Lee
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Book Review: Magic Faces series by Esi Merleh, illustrated by Abeeha Tariq
Publisher’s description Heroes of the Pirate Ship Open the MAGIC face paints and adventure awaits . . . Pirate ship or robot world, which one will you choose? In each a race to find the prize, will...
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