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Welcome to my (New) Tweendom: August 2014
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Welcome to my (New) Tweendom. A blog examining middle grade lit, school librarianship, education and many things bookish! Friday, August 22, 2014. The Night Gardener, by Jonathan Auxier. As it turns out, the Night Gardener Miss Polly has mentioned is real. He wanders the house and the grounds at night and has his hand in the nightmares of the household. Fans of dark fantasy, Victorians, and well crafted stories will be left shivering with delight. Links to this post. Monday, August 11, 2014. This is Chir...
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Welcome to my (New) Tweendom: December 2014
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Welcome to my (New) Tweendom. A blog examining middle grade lit, school librarianship, education and many things bookish! Wednesday, December 24, 2014. Rising to the very top is this amazing memoir that goes beyond genre and format and is simply dreamy. Luscious and glorious all at once, this is a family story, a writer's story, a story of race in America, and the story of a girl. It is a book I will revisit in pieces and as a whole. Defying age categorization, this non-fiction incredibly illustrated boo...
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Welcome to my (New) Tweendom: Katie Friedman Gives Up Texting (And Lives to Tell About It)
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Welcome to my (New) Tweendom. A blog examining middle grade lit, school librarianship, education and many things bookish! Saturday, June 27, 2015. Katie Friedman Gives Up Texting (And Lives to Tell About It). Hitting send changes everything for Katie. Not only has she gone and really hurt Nareem's feelings, but she begins to realized how far into their phones her friends are. She thinks about the fact that it just seems easier to text people instead of actually talk to them. Inspired by her musical heroi...
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Welcome to my (New) Tweendom: Five, Six, Seven, Nate! by Tim Federle
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Welcome to my (New) Tweendom. A blog examining middle grade lit, school librarianship, education and many things bookish! Sunday, January 05, 2014. Five, Six, Seven, Nate! I was going back through old reviews assuming that I had blogged Better Nate Than Ever. By Tim Federle. Ooops! If you feel a need to catch up before this one, head over to HuffPo. And see what they have to say. He's not sure how he is going to make it sans best friend Libby. The ones who have side-eye implied in their questions? Way Th...
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Welcome to my (New) Tweendom: April 2015
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Welcome to my (New) Tweendom. A blog examining middle grade lit, school librarianship, education and many things bookish! Monday, April 20, 2015. The Water and the Wild, by K. E. Ormshee. Every now and again a book comes along that renders me smitten. In this case, the book was unexpected. It showed up on my front porch, which is something that doesn't happen so often these days. I was intrigued by both the cover and the title and since it was a weekend, I settled in. An apple tree gateway, a magical leg...
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Welcome to my (New) Tweendom: March 2015
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Welcome to my (New) Tweendom. A blog examining middle grade lit, school librarianship, education and many things bookish! Friday, March 27, 2015. Jack and Louisa Act 1, by Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Kate Weterhead. Jack can't believe that he is moving from New York City to a suburb of Cleveland! This is a very interesting development. After all, up until now, Louisa was the only MTN in her grade! If Louisa only knew! A theater kid, and not too long ago he was cast in the musical The Big Apple. And not in a...
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Welcome to my (New) Tweendom: September 2014
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Welcome to my (New) Tweendom. A blog examining middle grade lit, school librarianship, education and many things bookish! Tuesday, September 23, 2014. The Red Pencil, by Andrea Davis Pinkney. We begin with Amira's 12 birthday. She is finally old enough to wear a toob. She does not like the idea of Gad,. Or any place where girls learn. In Arabic or English. Or think beyond a life. Of farm chores and marriage." (p. 13 arc). Everywhere I look,. People, people, and more people. I'm glad to stop walking.
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Welcome to my (New) Tweendom: Hilo - The Boy Who Crashed to Earth, by Judd Winick
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Welcome to my (New) Tweendom. A blog examining middle grade lit, school librarianship, education and many things bookish! Sunday, June 07, 2015. Hilo - The Boy Who Crashed to Earth, by Judd Winick. There are never enough graphic novels for kids. This is a simple truth. When I look to our circulation at school, out of the top 50 circulating titles during the school year 44 were graphic novels. 88%! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I am a school librarian. And an avid reader of children's and YA fic...
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Welcome to my (New) Tweendom: January 2015
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Welcome to my (New) Tweendom. A blog examining middle grade lit, school librarianship, education and many things bookish! Saturday, January 10, 2015. The Truth About Twinkie Pie. I was lucky enough to receive this ARC a long time ago. It was irresistible. I mean, look at that cover! I am a person who has never even had a twinkie, but I knew I needed to read this one. Sometimes a book just gives you a feeling, and this one was calling to me. Kat Yeh has written a treat of a middle grade story that will tu...
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Welcome to my (New) Tweendom: June 2015
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Welcome to my (New) Tweendom. A blog examining middle grade lit, school librarianship, education and many things bookish! Saturday, June 27, 2015. Katie Friedman Gives Up Texting (And Lives to Tell About It). Hitting send changes everything for Katie. Not only has she gone and really hurt Nareem's feelings, but she begins to realized how far into their phones her friends are. She thinks about the fact that it just seems easier to text people instead of actually talk to them. Inspired by her musical heroi...