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Category Archives: Reviews
Review: Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins
Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins. Penguin, 2014. Currently Available. Age Level & Genre: YA Paranormal Fiction Face Value: The cover is what attracted me to this book. The contrasting images of a super-feminine pink pearl necklace and a shiny dagger … Continue reading
Review: Breakfast Served Anytime by Sarah Combs
Breakfast Served Anytime by Sarah Combs. Candlewick Press, 2014. Currently available. Age Level & Genre: YA contemporary realistic fiction Face Value: This is a subtle, beautiful cover. The Egg Drop diner is a key location in the book, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Uncategorized, Young Adult
Tagged geeks, Kentucky, Shakespeare, summer camp
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Review: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han. Simon & Schuster, 2014. Currently available. Age Level & Genre: YA Realistic Fiction Face Value: This is a gorgeous cover. Real girl, real setting, real anticipation for the story that … Continue reading
Review: Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty and illustrated by David Roberts
Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty, illustrated by David Roberts. Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2013. Currently available. Age level & genre: Picture book fiction with a fantastical twist Face Value: The wacky illustrations hint at the slightly off-kilter world created … Continue reading
Posted in Picture Books, Reviews
Tagged engineering, experiential learning, failure, inventions, STEM
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Review: Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
Dorothy Must Die byDanielle Paige. Full Fathom Five, 2014. Currently Available. Genre: Fantasy / Retelling Face Value: We definitely know we’re in Oz by the signifiers = blue checked dress, silver shoes. The stark writing over the image hints at … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Young Adult
Tagged Dorothy Gale, James Frey, Oz, Publishers, Retelling
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Review: Pilgrims Don’t Wear Pink by Stephanie Kate Strohm
Pilgrims Don’t Wear Pink by Stephanie Kate Strohm. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012. Currently available. Genre: YA Realistic Fiction Face Value: This cover simply does not do the story justice. Libby is extremely clever, and a girl pulling a cell phone … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Young Adult
Tagged colonial life, living history, maritime history, Museums, Romance
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Review: Pointe by Brandy Colbert
Review: Pointe by Brandy Colbert. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2014. Currently Available. Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction Face Value: It’s lovely. With the elegant coloring, font, and image, this cover treads a fine line between spun sugar ballerina book and Black Swan … Continue reading
Review: Under the Egg by Laura Marx Fitzgerald
Under the Egg by Laura Marx Fitzgerald. Dial Books for Young Readers, 2014. Currently available. Age Level & Genre: Middle Grade Realistic Fiction Face Value: Gorgeous. Even without knowing that this story was a mystery (which I can’t resist), I … Continue reading
Review: Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere by Julie T. Lamana
Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere by Julie T. Lamana. Chronicle Books, 2014. Currently available. Age Level & Genre: Middle Grade Realistic Fiction Face Value: The simple cover is almost whimsical. Looking at the muddy boots made me think … Continue reading
Posted in Middle Grade, Reviews
Tagged Disasters, Family, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, recovery
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Review: Chiggers by Hope Larson
Chiggers by Hope Larson. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2008. Age Level & Genre: Middle grade realistic fiction graphic novel Face Value: This is a solid graphic novel cover. Larson’s artwork is cheerful and conveys the summery camp setting. There … Continue reading
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