MORE POSTS FROM OCTOBER 2015
Finding THE WAY BACK FROM BROKEN with Amber J. Keyser, for Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
|“Every day ended like this, and every day he wondered how he could survive another one. ‘Here’s the deal,’ he said, talking to the ceiling tiles, ‘We’re all in a club no one wants to join. We hang out. Our mom’s cry.’ Jacey whispered liked a kicked dog. ‘At least here, everybody knows you’re missing […]
Publisher’s description: Who transformed George Washington’s demoralized troops at Valley Forge into a fighting force that defeated an empire? Who cracked Germany’s Enigma code and shortened World War II? Who successfully lobbied the US Congress to outlaw child labor? And who organized the 1963 March on Washington? Ls, Gs, Bs, and Ts, that’s who. Given […]
For those of you who don’t know much about Animal Crossing, it is a simulation game that first came out in 2002 for the Nintendo GameCube. Since then, Nintendo has created other versions of Animal Crossing, although the gameplay has essentially stayed the same. In Animal Crossing, your character lives in a remote village with […]
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 one of my most recent reviews, which originally appeared in the October 2015 issue of School Library Journal. Gr 9 Up—A search for […]
Publisher’s description: The two-time Newbery Honor winner Gary D. Schmidt delivers the shattering story of Joseph, a father at thirteen, who has never seen his daughter, Jupiter. After spending time in a juvenile facility, he’s placed with a foster family on a farm in rural Maine. Here Joseph, damaged and withdrawn, meets twelve-year-old Jack, who […]
I spent the last weekend of my fall break in Minneapolis at the first ever NerdCon Stories conference. I’m exhausted, but I’m really glad I went. The conference was produced by Hank Green and his fabulous team who also produce VidCon, and things ran very smoothly. Hank started the conference by telling us that he […]
Saturday October 10th was Star Wars Reads Day – one of my favorite holidays of the year! Why? Well for one, I got to dress up like Princess Leia. Of all the princesses I think she is my favorite because she saved Han Solo and Luke Skywalker just as much as they saved her. Never […]
I don’t know how I became aware of Roxane Gay, but it probably has something to do with working on the #SVYALit Project and Christa Desir and Carrie Mesrobian. A lot of my life has been learned and changed by working with Christa Desir and Carrie Mesrobian on the #SVYALit Project to be completely honest. […]
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: The Weight and Meaning of Words, thinking about the casual ways in which we use words associated with mental health issues App Review & Blended Pic Tutorial: Fused (with an assist from the Silhouette app) Middle School Monday – Middle School goes through Grade 8 Everyone’s Worst is Their […]
Publisher’s description: A new YA novel from novelist Patrick Ness, author of the Carnegie Medal- and Kate Greenaway Medal-winning A Monster Calls and the critically acclaimed Chaos Walking trilogy, The Rest of Us Just Live Here is a bold and irreverent novel that powerfully reminds us that there are many different types of remarkable. What […]
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