By Emily Jenkins
A series of short stories about the adventures of 3 toys. This is the first book of 2 in the series.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Bunnicula
by James Howe
A great series about a bunny who sucks the life out of carrots!!! Funny with some halloweenish humor, its a great read for a 1st-2nd grader!
A great series about a bunny who sucks the life out of carrots!!! Funny with some halloweenish humor, its a great read for a 1st-2nd grader!
Madeline L'Engle
While everyone reads 'A Wrinkle in Time' not as many readers discover some of Madeline L'Engle's other works. My favorite series involves the Austin family, and in particular their eldest daughter Vicky. This series is a classic coming of age book, where a young girl faces events that change and shape her life. She falls in love, learns the difference between loving and liking someone, faces the loss of a grandfather and the challenges of growing up.
The books are:
Meet the Austins
A Ring of Endless Light
Troubling a Star
The books are:
Meet the Austins
A Ring of Endless Light
Troubling a Star
Historical Fiction Picks
Some of my favorites for Teen and Tween Historical Fiction:
Ann Rinaldi- Quilt series, A Ride into mornng
James Lincoln Collier- My Brother Sam is Dead
Paulson- Woods Runner
Nancy Springer- Outlaw, Rowen Hood
Carolyn Meyer- Doomed Queen Anne, Mary Bloody Mary
Celia Rees- Witch Child
Avi- True Adventures of Charlotte Doyle
Bette Greene- Summre of my German Soldier
Genifer Choldenko- Al Capone does my Shirts
Ann Rinaldi- Quilt series, A Ride into mornng
James Lincoln Collier- My Brother Sam is Dead
Paulson- Woods Runner
Nancy Springer- Outlaw, Rowen Hood
Carolyn Meyer- Doomed Queen Anne, Mary Bloody Mary
Celia Rees- Witch Child
Avi- True Adventures of Charlotte Doyle
Bette Greene- Summre of my German Soldier
Genifer Choldenko- Al Capone does my Shirts
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Ten Miles Past Normal
by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Summary:
Janie struggles like any new freshman to fit in, but she has to do it smelling like the goats she milks every morning. Which she can't really complain about, since moving to the farm was her idea in the first place. As Janie figures out her place in the ranks of the school, she learns that sometimes being a bit different isn't so bad after al.
Review:
A good read about fitting in and the challenges of accepting yourself, and your crazy family. The book has an overall feel good theme abou embracing yourself and that as a result others will too.
Summary:
Janie struggles like any new freshman to fit in, but she has to do it smelling like the goats she milks every morning. Which she can't really complain about, since moving to the farm was her idea in the first place. As Janie figures out her place in the ranks of the school, she learns that sometimes being a bit different isn't so bad after al.
Review:
A good read about fitting in and the challenges of accepting yourself, and your crazy family. The book has an overall feel good theme abou embracing yourself and that as a result others will too.
Cloaked
By Alex Flinn
A novel which combines several lesser told fairy tales with modern life. The novel tells the story of Johnny, a shoemaker in South Florida, who takes on a quest from Princess Victoriana to find her brother who has been turned into a frog. If he finds him he gets to marry the princess. Along the way he discovers that maybe marrying a princess isn't what he wants, but the girl he has always known might be.
The book is a great read for teens who like modern romance with a hint of fantasy to it. The writing is simple but the story is well developed. It's also fun to see how Flinn weaves in a variety of fairy tales into one story.
A novel which combines several lesser told fairy tales with modern life. The novel tells the story of Johnny, a shoemaker in South Florida, who takes on a quest from Princess Victoriana to find her brother who has been turned into a frog. If he finds him he gets to marry the princess. Along the way he discovers that maybe marrying a princess isn't what he wants, but the girl he has always known might be.
The book is a great read for teens who like modern romance with a hint of fantasy to it. The writing is simple but the story is well developed. It's also fun to see how Flinn weaves in a variety of fairy tales into one story.
good teen fiction
Sharon Draper's novels for teens deal with traumatic events and how teens cope with the aftermath- car accidents, rape, alcoholism etc.
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