My Favorite Books #12
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead 12.) When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead When I found out this book was the winner of the 2010 Newberry Award, I decided to give it a try. I had no clue what the book...
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Watch out for those yellow-spotted lizards. Just sayin'. 9.) Holes by Louis Sachar I read this one in a single sitting when I was 14. Holes is the winner of the 1999 Newberry Award and is now a popular...
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"A sailor chooses the wind that takes the ship from safe port...but winds have a mind of their own." 7.) The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi When asked who my favorite author is, I never...
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They give you pills for the stirrings. 4.) The Giver by Lois Lowry Dystopian novel? Check. Newberry Award winner? Definitely. YA novel? Of course. Would you expect anything less of me? I’m starting to...
View ArticleBook Club Success!
My students have been super excited about starting a book club at our school, and the club has been a great success so far. We have started our year reading When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead, and we...
View ArticleTBRs
Yikes, my TBR pile is getting HUGE! For those not down with the lingo (yes, I just said that), TBR means “To Be Read.” All bibliophiles proudly complain about how big their TBR piles are. It’s the...
View ArticleA Wrinkle in Time…finally.
The more I look at this cover, the more I like it. A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle [#56 in my 52 60 book challenge] I started this book in 1995. It took me sixteen years to finish it and move it...
View ArticleBook Club Update
It’s no secret that Book Club is one of my favorite parts of being a school librarian. The book clubbers finished A Wrinkle in Time last week, and I challenged them to think about their favorite books...
View ArticleA Monster Calls
Beautifully creepy. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness Candlewick Press Public Library e-book from Overdrive/ Library book from Junior Library Guild [#5 in my 75 Book Challenge] “There is not always a...
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