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Category Archives: Middle Grade
Review: Princess Academy and Palace of Stone by Shannon Hale
Princess Academy and Palace of Stone by Shannon Hale. 2007 and 2012. Bloomsbury. Currently Available. Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy Face Value: These covers aren’t that appealing to me. While I like very much that we see an actual girl that … Continue reading
Posted in Middle Grade, Reviews
Tagged Ethics, Fairy Tales, Mount Eskel, Politics, Princess Culture, Princesses, Shannon Hale
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Joint Review: Drama by Raina Telgemeier
Drama by Raina Telgemeier. Graphix (Scholastic Imprint), 2012. Currently available. Genre: Graphic novel, contemporary realistic fiction Face Value: We love this cover because we loved the book, the cover perfectly exemplifies it. Graphic novels often have great covers, because the … Continue reading
Posted in Graphic Novels, Middle Grade, Reviews
Tagged drama club, Graphic Novel, Joint Review, LGBTQ, middle school, Raina Telgemeier, tech crew
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Frontier Week Review: Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink. Macmillan, 1935. Currently available. Genre: Middle Grade Historical Fiction Face Value: There are hundreds of variations on the Caddie Woodlawn cover out there, but I am particularly fond of the cover on my copy. Caddie … Continue reading
Posted in Middle Grade, Reviews, Theme Week
Tagged Caddie Woodlawn, Frontier Week, native americans, problematic literature, Racism, Wisconsin
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Frontier Week Review: Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Scholastic, 1932. Currently available. Genre: Middle Grade Historical Fiction Face Value: I have a special place in my heart for the illustrations of Garth Williams. His drawings graced the pages of … Continue reading
Posted in Middle Grade, Reviews, Theme Week
Tagged cabin, Frontier Week, Homesteads, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House series, Pepin, pioneers, Wisconsin
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Review: Eye of the Storm by Kate Messner
Eye of the Storm by Kate Messner. Walker/Bloomsbury, 2012. Currently available. Genre: Middle grade speculative fiction/mystery. Face Value: This is an excellent middle grade cover. One of its immediate standout qualities is that a human, not a computer, created it. … Continue reading
Posted in Middle Grade, Reviews
Tagged climate change, curriculum, girls and science, Kate Messner, Speculative Fiction, STEM, storms
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Review: Ordinary Magic by Caitlen Rubino-Bradway
Ordinary Magic by Caitlen Rubino-Bradway. Bloomsbury, 2012. Currently Available. Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy Face Value: Standard. This cover is totally unexceptional. It looks like it could be almost any generic middle grade fantasy to come out in the past five … Continue reading
Review: The Year of the Beasts by Cecil Castellucci & Nate Powell
The Year of the Beasts by Cecil Castellucci & Nate Powell. Roaring Books Press, 2012. Currently available. Genre: Graphic Novel Fiction Face Value: What a spectacular cover. The fierce young Medusa on the cover glares right at you from her … Continue reading
Posted in Graphic Novels, Middle Grade, Reviews, Young Adult
Tagged Graphic Novel, Mythology, Romance, Sisters, Summer
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Dear America Review: With the Might of Angels by Andrea Davis Pinkney
With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954 by Andrea Davis Pinkney. Scholastic, 2011. Currently Available. Genre: Historical Fiction from the Dear America series Face Value: As Brianna pointed out, these recent reissues of … Continue reading
Posted in Middle Grade, Reviews, Theme Week
Tagged 1950s, Brown v. Board of Education, Dear America, Diversity, Education, Family, Historical Fiction, Integration, Racism
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Dear America Review: The Fences Between Us by Kirby Larson
The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941 by Kirby Larson. Scholastic, 2010. Currently available. Genre: Historical fiction from the Dear America series Face Value: This is the first book from the 2010 relaunch of the … Continue reading
Posted in Middle Grade, Reviews, Theme Week
Tagged Dear America, Historical Fiction, internment camps, Kirby Larson, Pacific Northwest, Theme Week
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Dear America Review: Dreams in the Golden Country by Kathryn Lasky
Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 by Kathryn Lasky. Scholastic Inc, 1998. Currently Available. Genre: Historical Fiction from the Dear America series Face Value: The interesting thing about … Continue reading
Posted in Middle Grade, Reviews, Theme Week
Tagged Dear America, Historical Fiction, Immigrants, Judaism, New York City, Sisters, Theatre, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
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