Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos

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Jack Gantos is an author who has been on my radar for a while, at least since 2001 when his Joey Pigza Loses Control won a Newbery honor....
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Sunday, August 21, 2011

Dicey's Song

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Dicey's Song is a beautiful coming of age story of a 13 year old girl from a poverty-stricken background, who (along with her three yo...
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Up A Road Slowly

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Up A Road Slowly by Irene Hunt was one of my favorite Newbery books. And I know why! This coming of age story was of a girl who grew up ri...
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Monday, April 11, 2011

Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool

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Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool Pages: 351 Ages: 10+ First Published: Oct. 12, 2010 Publisher: Delacorte Press Genre: children, hist...
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Hitty: Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field

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Choosing chapter books to read aloud to my girls is not something I've ever really given much thought or planning. Instead, I just pick ...
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool

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Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool is the 2011 Newbery Medalist and it does not disappoint. While I'm not sure it's a book th...
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Thursday, March 10, 2011

Waterless Mountain

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I finally decided to read Waterless Mountain , by Laura Adams Armer, on a cold March morning. Somehow reading this timeless, rather mystical...
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Monday, January 24, 2011

Newbery Covers

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I've mentioned the covers of the Newbery winners more than a few times in my reviews here. Usually when the new covers are worse than th...
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