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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Long time no blog

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Wow, I can't believe I haven't been on since January. So much has been happening I can't quite believe it myself. I start a ML...
Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Looking Beyond Fantasy

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I had a student ask me the other day to recommend a book for him to read. I asked him what subjects he liked and he said he didn’t know. I...
Friday, January 16, 2009

Love & Vampires

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In "Breaking Dawn" by Stephenie Meyer, our beloved Bella finally is forced to make the most ultimate and final choice in her life....

He Aint Just Nobody

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"The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman is one of the most refreshing books I have read in a long time. We begin with an eerie story a...

Get the Doll Rolling

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Decapitated doll heads and aliens are the focus in "Carlos Is Gonna Get It" by Kevin Emerson. Trina and her friend Sara are really...

If He Looks Guilty Is He Guilty?

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"Falling From Grace" by Jane Godwin in an amazing mystery that will have you on the edge of your seat right from the start. Sister...
Thursday, September 25, 2008

Protons Do Die

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In "Smiles To Go" by Jerry Spinelli, Will has so much going for him He is a chess champ, skateboarder, monopoly lover, stargazer, ...

Vlad Might Be Glad

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In "The Book of Time" by Guillaume Prevost, Sam is on a mission to find his father who’s been missing for 10 days. Searching throu...

Tricky Tricky That's Not Nice

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In "Runemarks" by Joanne Harris, it’s been five hundred year since the gods fought at Ragnarok which was an epic war between the N...
Thursday, January 31, 2008

Rain brings new beginnings

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My oh my, I just finished The Day of Tears today and I must say it was quite wonderful. The book was written in diaglogue and was a touchin...

Got to be real

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In Rules , by Cynthia Lord, Catherine is a twelve year old girl who thinks that she must have rules for her brother David who has autism so...

King Arthur is the bomb diggity

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Jane Yolen’s Sword of the Rightful King is an imaginative reinvention of the old legend of King Arthur. The book includes familiar characte...

Dreams are Fierce

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In Gossamer by Lois Lowry, Littlest One creeps around in the middle of the night practicing dream-giving on an elderly woman and her sleepin...
Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Catcher in the Fly

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King Dork by Frank Portman is a fun and crazy story about a young man named Tom Henderson who doesn’t even go by his real name. He was nic...

From Riches to Rags

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Esperanza Rising is about a young girl named Esperanza that was born into a privileged family. Esperanza lives a fine life with beautiful c...
Monday, January 28, 2008

I can see your aura

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Move over Mean Girls there's a newer and better story in town! I just finished reading the book Golden by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. This ...

Take a bite out of this one!

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Vampire High by Douglas Rees is a nominee for the California Young Readers Award. In this story, Cody Elliot is a self-destructive flunk out...

The Fair Ones

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In legends and folk lore, fairies are magical beings who can sometimes be seen by humans, they can be friendly, and quite often they behave ...

Gods & Goddesses

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Today is a dark and stormy day! I am reminded that the Greek gods and goddesses are a source of infinite wisdom. With that in mind I would l...

Pumpkin Queen Girl

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I know that October has passed and we have long moved on from Halloween, however I recently I had the extreme pleasure of reading this sweet...