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Tag: Middle Grade
Book Review: The A&A Detective Agency: The Fairfleet Affair by K. H. Saxton
Full of clues and puzzle pieces to ponder, this complicated mystery will keep readers guessing all the way until the end. I already can't wait for the next installment of this new series!
Book Review: Kin: Rooted in Hope by Carole Boston Weatherford, Jeffery Boston Weatherford (Illustrator)
It is hard to understand how hope could endure in conditions like those the enslaved lived under, yet the author shows the love, connection, resilience, and reclamation of a people whose voices are essential to the narrative of slavery and of our country.
An Interview with Rachel Renée Russell, the author of Dork Diaries 15: Tales from a Not-So-Posh Paris Adventure
I hope readers are learning that being a bit different and unique is a good thing. That things will get better if they just hang in there.
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Book Review: The Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D. Schmidt
Strong contender here for my top read of 2023. A stunning read.
Book Review: Nothing Else But Miracles by Kate Albus
I couldn't put this book down. A perfect read.
The Pain of Invisibility, a guest post by Carmen Tafolla
Warrior Girl makes visible what has for centuries of schoolbooks been treated as invisible.
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Book Review: I Am Kavi by Thushanthi Ponweera
A powerful and immensely readable look at a time period and place not often represented in books for children.
Stories Are Everywhere, a guest post by Kate Albus
How lucky we are. So many stories out there, hiding in plain sight. Just waiting to be found.
Book Review: Finch House by Ciera Burch
This haunted house mystery is less scary than it is simply interesting and engaging. A great book to recommend widely.
Book Review: The Curious Vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby by G. Z. Schmidt
Fairy tales meets The Canterbury Tales meets Clue. You're in, right? Because I was in from the very first line.
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