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Tag Archives: Theme Week
Working Women: Kicking Off the Summer Jobs Theme Week
Summer and YA novels are a perfect pair. When hot weather and some spare leisure time coincide, it’s the perfect opportunity to curl up outside with a great book. I fondly remember the days before high school, when summer meant … Continue reading
Election Week Review: Babymouse for President by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm
Babymouse for President by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm. Random House, 2012. Currently available. Genre: Middle Grade Graphic Novel Face Value: Babymouse is doing The Nixon. Babymouse is rocking that podium. There are just no words that can adequately … Continue reading
Posted in Graphic Novels, Middle Grade, Reviews, Theme Week
Tagged Babymouse, Campaigns, Elections, Ethics, Graphic Novels, Jennifer Holm, Student Council, Theme Week
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Election Week Review: The Daughters Join the Party by Joanna Philbin
The Daughters Join the Party by Joanna Philbin. Little, Brown and Co., 2011. Currently available. Genre: YA Realistic Fiction Face Value: This book is part of a series, and the covers all have the same concept for the design: you … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Theme Week, Young Adult
Tagged children of politicians, Election Week, presidential campaign, Theme Week
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Election Week: Looking for the Ladies
November 6th is quickly approaching, and it seems that elections are the only topic on everyone’s mind. We hope that you will graciously allow the Slatebreakers blog to get in on the action. Although many of us may be tiring … Continue reading
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 Dear America: A Tribute to the Dear America Diaries
As Sarah and I made our summer plans for the Slatebreakers blog, we decided to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday with a whole week of posts dedicated to the most patriotic Slatebreaking series we could think of: the Dear … Continue reading
Posted in Theme Week
Tagged cultural appropriation, Dear America diaries, Historical Fiction, patriotic, Scholastic, Theme Week, United States
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Review: Falling for Hamlet by Michelle Ray
Falling for Hamlet by Michelle Ray. Little, Brown, and Company, 2011. Currently available. Genre: YA Fiction Face Value: Oh my goodness. Here we have a severe example of the male gaze ruining a book cover. As Sarah so beautifully said when … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Theme Week, Uncategorized, Young Adult
Tagged Adaptations, Elsinore, Hamlet, Male Gaze, Michelle Ray, Ophelia, Shakespeare, Theatre, Theme Week, Young Adult
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